A vicious, vengeful crusade without limits was that of King Charles’ second son, which continues to this day after yesterday’s historic beginning when after 130 years another member of the royal family was seen with his hand on the Bible to swear to telling the truth to the court before submitting to a 5-hour deposition
Harry’s face is tight and tiredwhen, after his first and long day as a witness, the glass door of theLondon Supreme Court It reopens to the clicks of photographers crowding the street with their telephoto lenses extended. No cameras are allowed in the English courts of law, but out here the global media spotlight is on the rebellious and determined prince, who is finally stepping into the ring to lead the fight against the British tabloids that he has been contemplating for some time .
A vicious, vengeful, and uncompromising crusade that continues today after yesterday’s historic start After 130 years, another member of the royal family is seen with his hand on the Bible to swear to tell the truth in court before submitting to a five-hour testimony on the witness stand. Harry has already told the whole world his truth in his bestseller.Shoot‘, and in the burning documentary about Netflix which divided public opinion. Now, however, it will be a real judge who scrutinizes his version of events, or rather his allegations against it Mirror Group Newspapers that he used illegal tactics such as wiretaps and private investigators to reconstruct news reports and publish tabloid articles in violation of his confidentiality. “It is unlikely that journalists obtained certain information (such as flight schedules and birthday meals) from legitimate sources. The fact that MGN reporters could hear everything by listening to private and sensitive messages left by friends and family on voicemails, It triggered a significant level of paranoia and suspicion in me. I felt like I couldn’t trust anyone, a horrible experience, especially at a young age.
Dressed in a dark suit and black tie, the Duke of Sussex explained the content of 55 pages in a low voice, calm and composed Testimonials-Livores in which he accuses the press of being hostile to him since birth. “They described me as ‘the stupid one’, ‘the illegitimate one’ (regarding the “painful and cruel” allegations that her birth father was Diana’s lover James HewittListen)) “a petty drunkard” or “an irresponsible drug addict”. And as a teenager, in my early 20s, I got headlines and stereotypes because I thought that I was guilty in public, now I might as well commit the crime. It was like a spiral where the tabloids kept trying to get me to do something stupid so they could sell the papers a good story. Abominable behavior“.
And even now that he’s married, the tabloids’ constant assault and intrusion into his and Meghan’s private life – Harry said – has had such a devastating effect on their mental health that it has contributed to the family’s decision to leave the UK. The indictment includes 33 articles published between 1996 and 2010 in which, for example, use of cannabis, cocaine and GHB had surfaced, raising fears of Harry being expelled from the prestigious Eton College. The fifth in line to the British throne also blames the tabloids for the split from his first love Chelsy Davy, who couldn’t bear to be the prey of the paparazzi. “Every time I got into a relationship, they first quickly wrote about it and then did everything they could to break me up – is Harry’s theory in court – I always thought the tabloids wanted me to stay single because I was so much more interesting to the papers”.
Harry, who has now given up the “paid role” of royalty, he broke another protocol of the monarchy and did not spare the British government either: “Our country is judged worldwide by the state of its press and its government, and I think both are now at their lowest level.” The hope, not to mention the existential mission of Prince of Montecito This multi-million dollar trial will “put an end to the press madness,” but it will require him to face cross-examination Andrew Green KCthe ruthless defender of the Mirror Group Newspapers known as “the beast” for sharp questions that leave no room for hesitation.
In fact, the first inconsistencies became apparent as early as the end of the first day of the court. For example, when Green asks Harry to clarify if what he said to a newspaper is true, i.e. that She didn’t want to speak to Diana’s “traitorous” butler, Paul Burrellor if the su version would be true instead Shoot where he wrote that he really wanted to meet him. Harry’s reply: “I don’t remember whether I wanted to meet him or not.” Or when the lawyer advises him that it is not possible that the source of any of the articles was a tapping of his phone, since he was at the time never owned a mobile phone. Meanwhile, the British media is excited at this battle, which aims to draw a new line between what Harry defines as “the public interest” or “in the public interest”: by Sky news bringing to the screens of the series’ commentators the reconstruction of the closed-door hearing starring an actor who looks like Harry BBC who argue that the unhealthy (and notorious) practices of the British tabloids are now obsolete anyway.