Prince Harry, like the rest of his family, has lived his life in a gilded cage.
And he hasn’t hesitated to air his grievances some of which date back decades.
Unfortunately, neither she nor then-Prince Charles could hide the rapid deterioration of their marriage from their young sons.
“I don’t think any child should be asked to do that, under any circumstances.”
Some of these agreements were intended to protect younger royals and their privacy.
But not everyone was on board.
But one could argue that at least some of the drama was brought on by his own poor decisions.
In 2012, a photo of him naked at a strip poker game in Las Vegas appeared onTMZ.
He later took responsibility for this too.
“I probably let myself down,” he told theBBC.
And through his communications secretary, he acknowledged this was a break from royal protocol.
“They’re hosted by the palace, the tabloids are.
You know, there is a construct that’s at play there.”
Well, that is a choice," Harry told ITV (viaWales Online).
In “Harry & Meghan,” Markle’s friend Lucy Fraser corroborates these claims.
“Meg became this scapegoat for the palace.
They were never willing to tell the truth to protect us.”
But as the public appetite for gossip grew, so did harassment by the press.
And to Harry, several outlets crossed the line from aggressive investigative reporting to an unscrupulous invasion of privacy.
He wasn’t the only high-profile figure to decide he’d finally had enough.
They also accused ANL of accessing private banking and medical information.
Predictably, ANL denied any wrongdoing.
Instead, he’s found himself facing down British tabloids in court.
For royal watchers, what was most remarkable was the very fact of his filing lawsuits at all.
Just as unusual was Harry’s openly confrontational stance toward the media.
However, Harry alleges the royal family has made deals with the media in the past.
But for Harry, holding the press publicly accountable is a moral obligation.
But it’s worth it," Harry replied.
And there’s no denying the public is happy to eat up all that coverage.
But Harry was already over trying to be nice to the press by the time he married Meghan Markle.
They allowed only one journalist to view the ceremony and allowed only four cameras outside.
Unofficially, though, some saw it as a quiet middle finger to the media.
And his beef goes back a long way.
