Overview

• The Daily Mail released excerpts from Andrew Lownie’s upcoming biography claiming that Harry punched Prince Andrew at a 2013 family gathering and left him with a nosebleed.
• Lownie asserts his narrative is based on interviews with more than 100 previously unheard sources who said the fight was sparked by Andrew’s derogatory remarks about Meghan Markle.
• A spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex has categorically denied any physical confrontation or insulting comments and branded the account “false and defamatory.”
• Sussex legal advisers have sent a formal letter to the Daily Mail demanding a public correction for what they describe as serious inaccuracies.
• The dispute underscores ongoing public-defamation battles within the royal family and long-standing tensions since Harry and Meghan stepped down from frontline duties in 2020.