Prince Philip: Prince Harry may have 'regrets' claims Myers

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Last week, pictures emerged of the Duke of Sussex enjoying himself on the beach with his dog near his Santa Barbara home. Such pictures of royals enjoying their holidays are generally not taken by UK press, and are rarely printed in British media ‒ but now Harry is living in the US under very different rules. This is the latest in a series of privacy breaches since the Sussexes left the UK for North America and indeed several lawsuits have now been fired off.

Meghan successfully sued paparazzi agency Splash News after one of its photographers took pictures of her son Archie while they were in Canada.

Meghan also filed a lawsuit after someone used a drone to fly over the house they were staying in in Los Angeles ‒ Tyler Perry’s mansion ‒ and took photographs of the family there.

Now, it has emerged that the police have been called to the Sussexes’ Montecito home nine times, and a man is now facing trespassing allegations after being spotted there on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

While Meghan and Harry claimed part of their reason for stepping down as senior royals was harassment from the British media and a desire for privacy, royal experts have argued that they may have actually shot themselves in the foot in this regard.

As working members of the Royal Family, the UK press abides by certain rules as per the royal rota, meaning they accept certain conditions in return for access to royal events.

This means Kate and William’s children have never had to endure such invasions of their privacy as Archie has already faced.

Instead of being swamped by paparazzi, Kate takes her own pictures of the kids and releases those of her choosing on key dates, such as birthdays.

Even if they were to be harassed by paparazzi, the UK press would not print those photographs, although foreign media occasionally publish pictures the UK media will not.

The most famous example of this was the topless pictures of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge in 2012, which were published in France and not the UK.

Pod Save the Queen is hosted by Ann Gripper and features Daily Mirror royal editor Russell Myers.

Ms Gripper said on the podcast last week: “The other pictures I wanted to talk about were the pictures of Harry playing with his dog on the beach, because those for me are a classic example of the kind of pictures that, if they had still been working members of the Royal Family, would just not have been published.”

Mr Myers agreed, adding that this is “a real issue” for the Sussexes.

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He said: “These photographs wouldn’t get published if he was a working member of the Royal Family.

“It’s an unwritten rule about respect and downtime, if he was on holiday or on the beach.”

He argued that you will not see pictures of the Cambridges’ children out and about ‒ and Ms Gripper added that you would not even see such pictures of Prince William ‒ during leisure time in Norfolk, for example.

Mr Myers continued: “I don’t know who actually took those photographs, but they were published round the world ‒ I think they were published first in People magazine and offered elsewhere and then they were published everywhere.

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“It’s very interesting in terms of the level of privacy that they’ve said they wanted, whether they will get that in The States.

“They’ve already fired off a few lawsuits about people taking photographs of residences that they were staying in, whether it was Tyler Perry’s mansion or their own.”

The photographs taken of Meghan “looking down the barrel of the camera grinning” while in Canada caused the Duchess to take the picture agency to court.

The company later filed for bankruptcy.

Mr Myers said the issue around privacy is “another big headache for the Sussexes, whether they are being photographed on beaches having a nice time or indeed being the target of trespassers or unwanted photographers.

“So, it’s just new uncharted territory for them or any royal in the modern day.”

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