Prince Harry could be financially rescued by his father, King Charles, following a costly legal defeat, according to royal expert Robert Jobson.
Speaking on the podcast Royally Unfiltered, Jobson suggested that the King might write a personal check to cover Harry's legal debts, which stem from a failed privacy case against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail.
Legal Battle and Costs
Last week, it was revealed that the Daily Mail's publisher demanded an initial £10 million payment from Harry and other claimants after they lost the case. This followed a High Court judge dismissing their “speculative” £50 million privacy claim, which accused the publisher of unlawful information gathering.
The claimants, including Sir Elton John and Baroness Doreen Lawrence, did not attend the final hearing. Their legal team described Associated's legal bill as "astonishingly high" and accused the publisher of seeking maximum financial redress to "teach the claimants a lesson."
Royal Expert's Prediction
Jobson said: "I feel that now I feel like he will go cap in hand to his father and I think that his father may well write him a check from his private bank account."
He added: "He's a very loaded man but the fact is we're not going to know about it and, um, it won't be coming from public funds but we're not going to know about it... Now, my understanding is, you know, they're very, very rich people. And so, although this sounds an awful lot of money to us, and it is 16 million [pounds] or whatever it's going to be, it could even be more. Um, you know, the King could happily write that, well, not happily, but could write that check, and I'm sure he will."
Harry's Recent UK Visit
The Duke of Sussex visited the UK last month, meeting with King Charles. He was accompanied by his wife, Meghan Markle, and their children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five.
