Meghan Markle's lawyer exploited a legal argument Prince Harry had previously criticised to help clear the Duchess of Sussex from the accusation moved by her half-sister. Samantha Markle launched a lawsuit against the royal claiming to have been damaged by some of the claims Meghan made during her 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey. The Duchess's legal team cited her freedom of speech as guaranteed under the First Amendment as a defence despite Prince Harry previously branding the clause as "bonkers."
Appearing on the Armchair Expert podcast in 2021, the Duke of Sussex shared a scathing assessment of the amendment – warning that "you can find a loophole in anything."
Prince Harry said: "I’ve got so much I want to say about the First Amendment as I sort of understand it, but it is bonkers.
"I don’t want to start going down the First Amendment route because that’s a huge subject and one which I don’t understand because I’ve only been here a short time.
"But, you can find a loophole in anything. You can capitalise or exploit what’s not said rather than uphold what is said."
He added: "I believe we live in an age now where you've got certain elements of the media redefining to us what privacy means. There's a massive conflict of interest."
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