Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Team Allegedly Leaked Stories to the Same Outlet He Sued in Court
Prince Harry has always spoken out against leaking stories to the press, but he might have indulged in the practice himself.
Up until last week, the chatter around Prince Harry’s UK visit revolved around the royal reunion with King Charles, the Sussexes supposedly visiting Princess Diana’s grave at Althorp, and the family possibly staying at a royal residence. But what actually happened was far from what anyone would have imagined. Within a day of being turned away from Buckingham Palace, Harry lost his legal battle against Associated Newspapers, and now a reporter for The Mail on Sunday has come forward saying that the Sussexes leaked stories about a meeting with the King’s aide last year. Interestingly, the media outlet is published by Associated Newspapers.
In July 2025, photos of Liam Maguire, Harry and Meghan Markle’s spokesperson, and their then-communications chief, Meredith Maines, were published in The Mail on Sunday, which ignited hopes of a royal reconciliation. While the Sussexes had spoken out against the leak at the time, a new development has completely changed the perspective. Journalist Charlotte Griffiths recently came forward, shedding light on the behind-the-scenes of those pictures.
“During the summer of 2025, a close adviser to Harry and Meghan had contacted me out of the blue and invited me to lunch at the Ivy restaurant in London. As a result of information given to me at that lunch meeting, I placed a series of stories in The Mail on Sunday that portrayed the couple in a positive light. This included a front-page article, which ran in July, suggesting that Harry and Meghan were attempting to rebuild their relationship with King Charles,” she wrote via Newsweek.
"It revolved around the fact that Liam Maguire and Meredith Maines, Harry and Meghan’s US PR chiefs, were to hold clear-the-air talks with the monarch’s aide Tobyn Andreae in London,” she added. However, things took a turn when “sources close to the Sussexes” told the Daily Telegraph the couple was “very frustrated” that the pictures of the meeting had been published. According to Griffiths, the move suggested "quite falsely, that the Palace was responsible for a grotesque betrayal of trust”. She further mentioned that it spoke “volumes for their integrity”.
Griffiths’ confession is shocking as Harry and Markle have always spoken against leaking stories to the press. In fact, he had dragged Associated Newspapers, the publisher behind The Mail on Sunday, to court four years ago for unlawful information gathering, making the leaking of stories and the subsequent denial of it unexpected. During court proceedings, previously unseen Facebook messages between Griffiths and Harry were released, showing them discussing “movie snuggles”, making the reporter a significant part of the trial.
In court, Harry’s lawyer David Sherborne had reportedly portrayed Griffiths as a “fantasist” and allegedly accused her of making up an anecdote, probably insinuating that she was guilty of perjury. Griffiths criticized him for the statements.
