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One of the biggest royal stories of October was Byline Times\u2019 exclusive reporting around the 2020 Sussexit, with lots of details about what was going on behind-the-scenes. Dan Wootton was paying Prince William\u2019s press secretary Christian Jones and Jones\u2019s partner to leak Sussex information, and when Harry named Jones in some pre-lawsuit legal papers, the palace freaked out because their whole rotten operation would be exposed. Byline\u2019s sources confirmed the palace mindset, which is that the Sussexes\u2019 finances and security had to be cut off as a way to \u201cbring them to heel\u201d back in the UK. I don\u2019t believe Byline has anywhere close to the full story of what went down, but Byline is on the right track. <\/p>\n
What was also interesting was watching the British and American media mostly ignore Byline\u2019s reporting. You might say \u201chey, this is old news\u201d or \u201cno one cares about the royals!\u201d But the same outlets which carry any and every half-assed negative rumor about the Sussexes were suddenly silent as the grave. From what I\u2019ve seen, ITV is still the only British outlet to cover Byline\u2019s reporting and ITV added their own reporting and timeline (which didn\u2019t make any sense, but hey, at least they tried).<\/p>\n
Then, over the weekend, two American outlets covered Byline\u2019s report. The Daily Beast\u2019s Royalist column did just a straight summary of Byline\u2019s cover story in their weekly round-up of royal news. Then the NY Post did the same – a straight-forward summary, without contacting dumbf–k \u201croyal experts\u201d to chime in or soften the reporting. I find that coverage especially weird from the Post, which is owned by the Murdoch family, same as The Sun. The Sun was the outlet which broke the Sussexit story, with Wootton\u2019s exclusive reporting, and Harry is still suing the Sun. The Sun also paid Prince William a seven-figure settlement that same year, 2020. <\/p>\n
Mail columnist Richard Eden\u2019s tweet doesn\u2019t count as \u201ccovering\u201d the Byline story, but it did show the British derangers\u2019 desperation to change the subject.<\/p>\n
— Richard Eden (@richardaeden) October 27, 2023<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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