回顧今年五月,Prince Harry 和 Meghan Markle 迎接兒子 Archie 的誕生,一家三口的甜蜜模樣,隨即登上新聞版面,一舉一動,都是外界矚目的焦點。近日,外媒《Mail on Sunday》公布一份 Meghan Markle 的私人信件,讓平時和藹可親的 Harry 罕見地動怒,決定提告了!
“We are taking legal action.”
Prince Harry 發出聲明 :「作為夫妻,我們都相信媒體自由與客觀,以及真實的報導。我們將它視為民主的基石,但遺憾的是,目前全世界就任何層面而言,仍然需要更多負責任的媒體。」
「很不幸地,我的妻子成了英國一家小報刊物的最新受害者之一,該媒體發起一系列針對性的報導,卻絲毫沒有考慮到後果。從去年妻子開始懷孕到兒子出生後,這些殘酷的報導越演越烈。」
「這種無情的報導是人為的,特別是當它明知是虛假的和惡意的。儘管我們繼續擺出一副勇敢的模樣,但相信大家都可以感受到,那些難以啟齒的痛苦。因為在當今的數字時代,媒體的揣測捏造,成了某一種真相。它不再是隨便看看的報導,也不是隔天一覺醒來,大家就會忘記的事。」
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While at Victoria Yards in Johannesburg this afternoon, The Duchess of Sussex had the opportunity to learn more about the importance of, and how to enable a ‘wellbeing economy’ thanks to Co-Director of the Maker’s Valley Partnership, Simon Sizwe. Simon was awarded a full scholarship to attend the Young African Leaders Initiative programme initiated by President Obama, and he explained that by investing in the overall well-being of a community and its people, and focusing on that economy, you can enrich everyone for a better quality of life. She also met with the owners of Sobae Frozen, an entrepreneurial duo who created their small business as a solution to food waste, creating vegan sorbet from unused fruit from Victoria Yards. At the end of her visit, The Duchess was moved by the original poetry of Belita Andre, the winner of the Poetry Grandslam. In her reading she said: “The Maker’s Valley is a social and enterprise hub, a wave between my corner of the world and yours. Insisting that beyond the anchors of survival. How to make sure that everyone gets to shore, pass around an ocean of stars, not because our sleepless nights are equal but because our dreams are.” • #RoyalVisitSouthAfrica
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過去幾月,Prince Harry 已經正式採取法律途徑,他感覺到,媒體在處理官方與私人有關的新聞時,是如此的「雙重標準」。九個月來,Meghan Markle 沒有一天不被妖魔化,就因為她產後復原期間無法參與活動,媒體便藉此產出一個又一個捏造的故事,揣測她不能見人的理由。
“My Deepest Fear Is History Repeating Itself.”
「對於某些特定媒體而言,這都只是一場遊戲,而我們從一開始就不打算參與。我目睹妻子為此所苦很長一段時間,倘若不採取任何行動,將違背我們的信念。我們選擇挺身而出的原因,源於這些不實的報導,它會摧毀一個人,也會賠上一條命。這是一種霸凌,使人感到恐懼和沈默。」
「儘管此舉可能不安全,卻是正確的決定。我最深的恐懼是歷史重演。我見過我所愛的人如何被商品化,不被當人看。我失去了我的母親,現在我看到我的妻子成為同樣強勢力量的被害者。」
對於一系列報導的不實、貶損,Prince Harry 已經向高等法院針對《Mail on Sunday》及母公司 DMG Media 提起告訴,包括不當使用私人訊息、侵害版權,以及違反英國去年新通過的資料保護法,而這場訴訟費為 Prince Harry 的私人贊助,其所得賠償金將捐給反霸凌慈善組織。
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