In a commentary article for news.com.au, royal expert Daniela Elser argued that Harry's claims in his ongoing lawsuits are laughable. The expert pointed out the irony in the arguments put forth by the Duke.
Harry's lawyer asserted that the rift between Harry and his brother Prince William dates back to 2003 when reports emerged that the two disagreed on whether to meet their late mother's former butler, Paul Burrell.
"At this very early stage, the seeds of discord between these two brothers are being sown," Sherborne told the court. "Brothers may sometimes disagree, but once it becomes public in this manner, with their innermost feelings exposed, trust begins to erode."
Elser responded to this statement, stating that while brothers may indeed disagree, they do not "write a tell-all book spanning over 400 pages that portrays the other brother as the villain." She added, "Most brothers don't repeatedly violate their family's privacy in pursuit of money. Most brothers don't create a multi-part television series about their family feuds or give interviews where they label their stepmother as 'dangerous' and claim she has 'left bodies in the street' on her path to becoming Queen."
Elser argued that Harry, by blaming the media for eroding trust within his family, has accepted tens of millions of dollars to betray his own family's trust, which is more than a little hypocritical.
Currently, the Duke of Sussex is involved in court cases against three separate UK publishers: Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), the owner of the Daily Mail; News Group Newspapers (NGN), the owner of The Sun and the now-defunct News of the World; and Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN). (NGN is owned by the same parent company as News Corp Australia, which publishes this masthead.)
