Backgrid USA told CNN on Friday that it had responded to a letter from the Sussexes’ legal team, saying the copyrighted material belonged to the agency and the couple have no rights to it. CNN has not seen the letter referred to by Backgrid.
“Perhaps you should sit down with your client and advise them that his English rules of royal prerogative to demand that the citizenry hand over their property to the Crown were rejected by this country long ago. “We stand by our founding fathers.” The Sussexes declined to comment on the matter when approached by CNN.