{"id":2299075,"date":"2026-02-25T09:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2299075"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:57:19","slug":"90-of-uk-court-backlog-is-due-to-royal-family-litigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/90-of-uk-court-backlog-is-due-to-royal-family-litigation\/","title":{"rendered":"90% of UK court backlog is due to Royal Family litigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"i5TUk\" id=\"viewer-4uje8\">\n<div class=\"J9Vi9 mL-Fz\">\n<figure class=\"OPDJf\" data-hook=\"figure-IMAGE\">\n<div data-hook=\"image-viewer\" class=\"fnfJM\">\n<div style=\"--dim-height:567;--dim-width:730;--ricos-image-default-border-color:unset\" id=\"4uje8\" class=\"_49X-U wNivC _8xVnn\" data-hook=\"image-viewer-4uje8\"><wow-image id=\"e5e035_1a34740684eb4ee7aff465393063b435~mv2.jpg\" class=\"undefined tKegW\" data-image-info=\"{&quot;containerId&quot;:&quot;4uje8&quot;,&quot;alignType&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;,&quot;isLQIP&quot;:true,&quot;isSEOBot&quot;:false,&quot;lqipTransition&quot;:&quot;blur&quot;,&quot;encoding&quot;:&quot;AVIF&quot;,&quot;imageData&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:730,&quot;height&quot;:567,&quot;uri&quot;:&quot;e5e035_1a34740684eb4ee7aff465393063b435~mv2.jpg&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;}}\" data-motion-part=\"BG_IMG 4uje8\" data-bg-effect-name=\"\" data-has-ssr-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbiscuit.com\/post\/true\" data-animate-blur=\"\" data-is-responsive=\"https:\/\/www.newsbiscuit.com\/post\/true\"><\/wow-image><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"KxJvA\" type=\"button\" data-hook=\"image-expand-button\" aria-label=\"Expand image\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 19 19\" class=\"C02F9\"><path d=\"M15.071 8.371V4.585l-4.355 4.356a.2.2 0 0 1-.283 0l-.374-.374a.2.2 0 0 1 0-.283l4.356-4.355h-3.786a.2.2 0 0 1-.2-.2V3.2c0-.11.09-.2.2-.2H16v5.371a.2.2 0 0 1-.2.2h-.529a.2.2 0 0 1-.2-.2zm-6.5 6.9v.529a.2.2 0 0 1-.2.2H3v-5.371c0-.11.09-.2.2-.2h.529c.11 0 .2.09.2.2v3.786l4.355-4.356a.2.2 0 0 1 .283 0l.374.374a.2.2 0 0 1 0 .283L4.585 15.07h3.786c.11 0 .2.09.2.2z\" fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"Rc39c HhrTy Z7lok X7MWW\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-8m7e4\"><span class=\"vMus0\"><span>Earlier today, the UK High Court appealed to the Royal Family to scale back its many legal cases to help ease the growing backlog in criminal cases. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"Rc39c HhrTy Z7lok X7MWW\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-fkdrb\"><span class=\"vMus0\"><span>In an anonymous leak to the Press, High Court Judges have expressed concern that many criminal cases involving violent assault, sexual offences, murder and other major crimes carrying long prison sentences are being delayed for months. Ever-increasing numbers of prisoners are being held in remand whilst Royal Family litigation is swamping the court system.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"Rc39c HhrTy Z7lok X7MWW\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-akjud\"><span class=\"vMus0\"><span> Prince Harry has begun high court libel actions against The Mail, Kate Middleton and The Duke of York.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"Rc39c HhrTy Z7lok X7MWW\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-nrtxx27879\"><span class=\"vMus0\"><span>First published 25 Feb 2022<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"Rc39c HhrTy Z7lok X7MWW\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-rx2mf28201\"><span class=\"vMus0\"><span style=\"background-color:var(--ricos-custom-p-background-color,unset);text-decoration:inherit\"><span>If you enjoyed this archive item, why not buy thousands of archive stories found in our eBooks, paperbacks and hardbacks?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.newsbiscuit.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today, the UK High Court appealed to the Royal Family to scale back its many legal cases to help ease the growing backlog in criminal cases. 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