HARRY, MEGHAN'S TROUBLE WITH THE TABLOIDS: At what point does as an investigation into a story cross the line into media intrusion? Perhaps Prince Harry and Meghan’s outcry over the Sun’s tactics into unearthing private and personal details about the Duchess of Sussex’s life before her marriage serves as an example. According to a report published by the BBC, Daniel Hanks was hired by The Sun to obtain private details about the former Meghan Markle, which he did by providing the media outlet with the Duchess’ phone number, addresses and Social Security number, in addition to intel on her family, ex-husband and a former boyfriend. While some of this data was in the public domain, Hanks has revealed that he had to illegally obtain some of the information and The Sun was aware of this. The newspaper in question has, of course, denied any knowledge of the same. Irrespective of who is on the right side of this ‘he said, they said’ scenario, surely a public figure is still entitled to some level of privacy? There are some lines that should never be crossed based on simple ground of moral decency. But in a world where knowledge is power and clickbait headlines are the new norm, the Duke and Duchess appear to be fighting a losing a battle. [COMMENT by Bindu Rai, Entertainment Editor]
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