Prince of Wales v Associated Newspapers Ltd
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2006] EWHC 11 (Ch) is an English legal case brought about when The Mail on Sunday published extracts of a dispatch by Charles, Prince of Wales, the heir to the British throne.
| His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales v Associated Newspapers Ltd | |
|---|---|
| Court | High Court |
| Full case name | His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales v Associated Newspapers Limited |
| Decided | 13 January 2006 |
| Citation(s) | [2006] EWHC 11 (Ch) |
| Transcript(s) | His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales v. Associated Newspapers Ltd |
| Court membership | |
| Judge(s) sitting | David Kitchin |
| Keywords | |
| Privacy | |
The extracts published from the dispatch; titled "The Great Chinese Takeaway", were personally embarrassing to the Prince. The dispatch had been written on the flight back from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom from the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China, and had been handed out to friends. The Prince described the Hong Kong handover ceremony as an "awful Soviet-style" performance and "ridiculous rigmarole" and the likened Chinese officials to "appalling old waxworks". .[1]
Judgment
The Prince won the case and gained an injunction which prevented The Mail on Sunday from publishing further extracts from the diary.[2]
See also
References
- "Prince to sue over China diaries". BBC News Online. BBC. 18 November 2005. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
- "Court bans publication of Prince Charles's diary". CBC News Online. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. March 17, 2006. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
