London (AFP)
The British press regulator on Thursday dismissed a complaint by Prince Harry against the Mail on Sunday regarding an article criticizing animal photos he had posted on Instagram.
The move represents a snub to the prince, who, along with his wife Meghan, launched proceedings against the tabloids and recently threatened to initiate new ones, complaining of being sued by the paparazzi since he retired from the British crown .
Entitled "Drugged and Tethered ... What Harry Didn't Tell You Didn't Tell You About These Wildlife Photos," the article, published last April, said the images didn't "tell the whole story." the story "of taking the photos of elephant or rhinoceros published by Harry on the occasion of Earth Day.
He claimed that the animals were on tranquilizers and that the photo of the elephant was cut so that Internet users could not see the rope with which the pachyderm was attached by a leg.
The prince for his part believed that "the article was inaccurate because it reported that by not specifying that the animals had been drugged and tied, he had intentionally misled the public", recalls the regulator IPSO in his decision.
The regulator concludes that the publication in issue did not violate article 1 of the professional code, which states that "the press must take care not to publish inaccurate, inaccurate or distorted information or images".
Before leaving for Canada, the 35-year-old prince, sixth in the order of the succession of Queen Elizabeth II, and his wife Meghan launched a series of legal proceedings in the fall against newspapers. They notably accuse the Mail on Sunday of invasion of privacy due to the publication of a letter addressed by Meghan to her father Thomas Markle after her marriage.
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