As the memoir's release date approaches, the heir Prince William's rage seems to have been growing with each passing day. As a result, Prince Harry and Prince William seem to be at loggerheads.

This warning was issued by the royal commentator Dan Wooton in his new piece for the Daily Mail.

According to his newspaper piece, Prince Harry’s decision to go ahead with his upcoming autobiography’s publication is causing the "continuous growth of fury, disgust, and outrage at the highest level of the monarchy," also adding that this decision to publish the memoir is causing "the 96-year-old Queen’s health" to suffer.

See You In Court: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle & Other Royals Who Battled It Out With Media

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The Royals Ain't Happy

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are reportedly taking legal action against two tabloids for phone hacking and the unauthorised publication of a private letter. A look at other royals who battled it out with the media.

Princess Diana

In 1993, Princess Diana sued the Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) because the Sunday Mirror published secretly-taken pictures of the royal exercising in a gym. She also sought a permanent ban on the publication of the pictures, which showed the princess clad in a leotard and cycling shorts. The paper apologised, and an out-ofcourt settlement was reached. In addition to the apology, the paper reportedly paid Diana’s legal costs of 1 million pounds plus a fur ther 200,000 pounds to charity.

Princess Caroline of Hanover

Princess Caroline is the daughter of the legendary Hollywood star Grace Kelly and Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. She had a troubled relationship with the media growing up. In 2004, Caroline, represented by Matthias Prinz, won a landmark victory in the European Court of Human Rights, which confirmed that the publishing of paparazzi photographs taken of the princess in a public place was a violation of her right to privacy. The court drew a distinction between the activities of Caroline the princess and Caroline the woman.

Swedish Royal Family

Following Princess Caroline’s triumph in court, the Swedish family hired Matthias Prinz to represent them in court. It has been reported that in 2004, Prinz, on behalf of the Swedish royal family and chiefly King Carl XVI Gustaf and his German-born wife Queen Silvia, sued Germany’s biggest publishers over claims of 1,588 made-up stories, including more than 500 front-page ‘exclusives’. It has been reported that Prinz filed cases of defamation and invasion of privacy, which resulted in over 23 media outlets to print replies, apologies and retractions.

Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal

Prince Al-waleed is a Saudi billionaire, investor and a member of the royal family. In 2013, Forbes estimated his fortune at around $20 billion, which, the royal claimed, was less than the amount he disclosed to the magazine. The prince filed a defamation claim in London against the editor and two journalists. The Kingdom Holding Company, founded by Prince Al-Waleed, issued a statement saying that the magazine published a “deliberately insulting and in accurate description of the business community in Saudi Arabia”. In 2015, Forbes and Al-Waleed released statements that they had settled the dispute.

The royal commentator further continued by saying that this memoir from Penguin Random House, which gave Prince Harry £14.7 million, will be the last straw in the relationship between Prince Harry, the duke of Sussex, and Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, the heir to the British throne after Charles, the prince of Wales.

Prince William still has not forgiven the Sussexes, i.e., for all the comments made in the "Oprah Winfrey interview", it added.

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