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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Moving Back to the UK. Prince William and Kate Middleton Are “Concerned.”
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Extra Extra has grouped 14 reports on this story from 14 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 5 left-leaning, 4 center, and 5 right-leaning sources.
With a coverage-diversity score of 100 out of 100, this is one of the more evenly reported stories in our index right now — left, center, and right outlets are all giving it attention.
On reliability, 10 of the 14 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B) and 4 outlets fall into our mixed or lower-reliability tier (C or D). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.
Coverage of this story has developed over roughly 28 hours, so the perspectives below capture how the framing shifted as the story matured.
Below, the same story is laid out side by side as left, center, and right outlets reported it. Read across the columns and watch what changes: the headline emphasis, which facts lead, the adjectives, and what each side leaves out. The story itself rarely changes — the framing almost always does.
Outlets covering this story: Vanity Fair, Salon, El País (English), New York Times, The Daily Beast, BBC News, Euronews, PBS NewsHour, BBC World, Fox News, The Free Press, RealClearPolitics, Spiked, The New York Sun.
Left(5)
Vanity FairBAug 20, 8:21 PM
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Moving Back to the UK. Prince William and Kate Middleton Are “Concerned.”
When Prince Harry and Meghan return to the UK, they’ll maintain their status as private individuals and nonworking members of the royal family. But a source tells Vanity Fair that Prince William is wo
SalonCAug 20, 10:55 PM
Harry and Meghan’s UK return tests a press under fire
The unrelentingly cruel media that the Sussexes moved to America to escape must be hungrily awaiting their return
El País (English)BAug 21, 6:03 PM
Harry and Meghan’s return to the UK brings fresh tensions to the royal family
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex plan to settle outside London and will continue to have no official royal role. Their potential encounters, or run-ins, with Prince William are likely to become the new
New York TimesAAug 21, 10:14 PM
Meghan of Sussex Eyes Role in Netflix Show ‘The Gentlemen’
The duchess’s representatives have had exploratory talks about her joining a third season of “The Gentlemen,” two people said. Netflix has not yet ordered a third season of the show.
The Daily BeastCAug 21, 6:45 PM
Rumors Swirl That Meghan Markle Could Join Netflix Show ‘The Gentlemen’
Meghan Markle’s return to the U.K. could come with a huge new TV role. Markle is in early talks for a role in Season 3 of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series The Gentlemen, reports royal commentator Bronte M
Center(4)
BBC NewsAAug 22, 12:03 AM
As they return to the UK, Harry and Meghan search for a brand that sticks
They will not be working royals when they come back. So what could they be doing instead?
EuronewsBAug 21, 6:19 PM
Harry returns to UK as hefty Daily Mail legal bill lands
Harry returns to the UK with Meghan and their children as the bill for losing against the Daily Mail arrives: £9.54 million, about €11 million, to be paid jointly with six other claimants.
PBS NewsHourAAug 21, 5:50 PM
Prince Harry and 6 others must pay initial $13 million over failed invasion of privacy case
The payment is at the upper end of expectations and marks a vindication for the journalists at the Daily Mail and a defeat for the losing claimants and their lawyers.
BBC WorldAAug 21, 6:29 PM
Meghan in talks for role in Netflix series The Gentlemen, BBC understands
This would be Meghan's first significant acting role since her marriage to Prince Harry.
Right(5)
Fox NewsCAug 21, 9:30 PM
Meghan Markle’s acting return could spark fresh problems with Prince William, Kate Middleton: expert
Meghan Markle's planned return to acting follows struggles with Netflix and Spotify ventures, and experts say she needs a role that shocks audiences.
The Free PressBAug 21, 10:10 PM
Prince Harry Said Returning to Britain Was ‘Impossible’
Prince Harry Said Returning to Britain Was ‘Impossible’ Now, he’s doing just that, writes Kara Kennedy.
RealClearPoliticsBAug 21, 7:14 PM
Why Harry and Meghan Are Making Move Back to UK
Autumn Brewington: Despite the problems the couple have expressed with royal life and their treatment in Britain, there are solid reasons why they would choose to return now.
SpikedCAug 21, 1:00 PM
Harry and Meghan: return of the grifters
The post Harry and Meghan: return of the grifters appeared first on spiked.
The New York SunAAug 21, 7:04 PM
Welcome Home, Harry: Prodigal Prince Is Hit With $13 Million Bill — Due in a Week — for Failed Case Against the Press - The New York Sun
Welcome Home, Harry: Prodigal Prince Is Hit With $13 Million Bill — Due in a Week — for Failed Case Against the Press The New York Sun
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