Lawyers for Prince Harry asked a judge Friday to rule that a tabloid newspaper libeled the British royal with an article about his quest for police protection when he and his family visit the U.K.Harry is suing Mail on Sunday publisher Associated 온라인 바카라 게임papers Ltd. over an article alleging he tried to hush up his separate legal challenge over the British government's refusal to let him pay for police security.During a hearing at the High Court in London, Harry바카라 게임 웹사이트�s lead attorney asked Judge Matthew Nickin either to strike out the publisher바카라 게임 웹사이트�s defense or to deliver a summary judgment, which would be a ruling in the prince바카라 게임 웹사이트�s favor without going to trial.Lawyer Justin Rushbrooke said the facts did not support the publisher바카라 게임 웹사이트�s 바카라 게임 웹사이트�substantive pleaded defense바카라 게임 웹사이트� that the article expressed an 바카라 게임 웹사이트�honest opinion.바카라 게임 웹사이트�He said the article was 바카라 게임 웹사이트�fundamentally inaccurate.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Harry was not in court for the hearing. The prince, also known as the Duke of Sussex, and his wife, Meghan, lost their publicly funded U.K. police protection when they stepped down as senior working royals and moved to North America in 2020.Harry바카라 게임 웹사이트�s lawyers have said the prince is reluctant to bring the couple바카라 게임 웹사이트�s children 바카라 게임 웹사이트� Prince Archie, who is almost 4, and Princess Lilibet, nearly 2 바카라 게임 웹사이트� to his homeland because it is not safe.The 38-year-old prince wants to pay personally for police security when he comes to Britain, but the government said that wasn't possible. Last year, a judge gave Harry permission to sue the government. That case has yet to come to trial.Harry sued Associated 온라인 바카라 게임papers over a February 2022 Mail on Sunday article headlined 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Exclusive: How Prince Harry tried to keep his legal fight with the government over police bodyguards a secret바카라 게임 웹사이트� then 바카라 게임 웹사이트� just minutes after the story broke 바카라 게임 웹사이트� his PR machine tried to put a positive spin on the dispute.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Harry claims that the newspaper libeled him when it suggested that the prince lied in his initial public statements about the suit against the government.In July, Nicklin ruled that the article was defamatory, allowing the case to proceed. The judge has not yet considered issues such as whether the story was accurate or in the public interest.The publisher바카라 게임 웹사이트�s lawyer, Andrew Caldecott, said the argument by Harry's attorneys amounted to "straitjacketing the newspaper바카라 게임 웹사이트�s right to comment.바카라 게임 웹사이트�He said it was vital the media speak truth to power, and 바카라 게임 웹사이트�speaking opinion to power is every bit (as), if not more, important,바카라 게임 웹사이트� as long as the opinion is based on facts.At the end of the daylong hearing, the judge said he would rule at a later date. Harry, the younger son of King Charles III, and the former actress Meghan Markle married at Windsor Castle in 2018 but stepped down as working royals in 2020, citing what they described as the unbearable intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media.Harry바카라 게임 웹사이트�s fury at the U.K. press runs through his memoir 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Spare, 바카라 게임 웹사이트� published in January. He blames an overly aggressive press for the 1997 death of his mother, Princess Diana, and also accuses the media of hounding Meghan.The couple has not hesitated to use the British courts to hit back at what they see as media mistreatment. In December 2021, Meghan won an invasion-of-privacy case against Associated 온라인 바카라 게임papers over the Mail on Sunday바카라 게임 웹사이트�s publication of a letter she wrote to her estranged father.Harry is also among celebrities suing Associated 온라인 바카라 게임papers over alleged phone hacking, and he has launched a separate hacking suit against the publisher of another tabloid, the Mirror.