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February 3, 2015

IPSO rejects Saudi princess’s complaints about Sunday Telegraph story on her ‘unruly’ golden retriever

By PA Media Lawyer

A complaint by a Saudi princess that The Sunday Telegraph breached three clauses of the Editors' Code of Practice with a story about her golden retriever dog has been rejected by the Independent Press Standards Organisation. (Stock picture: Shutterstock)

Princess Sara bint Talal bin Abdulaziz complained that the story, headlined "Fur flies over Saudi princess's unruly retriever" and published online on September and in the newspaper's print edition the following day, breached Clauses 1, covering accuracy, 3, on privacy, and 4, on harassment.

The article detailed a dispute between the Princess and a dog trainer over alleged non-payment of a fee for training for her pet golden retriever.

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