In Shakespeare’s Othello, lieutenant Cassio observes how his reputation is the ‘immortal part of myself’.
The disastrous legal action brought by Prince Harry and other litigants levelled pernicious, unfounded slurs against the repute of the Daily Mail and its journalists. Some were wrongly accused of crimes.
Now, rightly, those baseless allegations have been powerfully dismissed and the claimants are facing the mammoth financial consequences of their folly.
It would have been better all round if this sorry masquerade had never taken place.
The litigation was, ultimately, politically motivated and marshalled behind the scenes by figures who have a deep-seated hatred of this country’s free
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