A month ago he sat on the pews of Westminster Abbey during his father’s coronation, and yesterday in London’s High Court gave his historic testimony in a case in which he opposes Mirror Group Newspapers, an editorial group Mirrorsaccused of alleged illegal wiretapping of the Duke of Sussex. It’s a strange fate Prince Harrydivided between the world he grew up in but feels disowned by, Buckingham Palace, and another, Hollywood, where he chooses to live, but deep down he doesn’t feel like he belongs. Roaming between the United States and England, the Duke of Sussex supported the monarchy for several weeks and at the same time filed a lawsuit in court, where justice is administered on behalf of the king and lawyers. bragging about the title “Counselors of the King”.
A surreal situation that last happened over 130 years ago. It was 1890, and the then Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII, heir to the son of Queen Victoria, who had suffered from a scandal involving sex and gambling, was sitting on the witness stand. He reigned for only 9 years compared to his mother’s 64 years, and the court discredited the entire royal family. Since then, it has never happened that a member of the royal family sat in court. But for Harry, the crusade against the press is too important to give up, convinced that the tabloids have ruined his life.first causing the death of his mother Diana and then waging a sort of persecution against him sparea disposable spare tire to protect the good name of the heir.
That is what the prosecution will insist on, which, in a statement drawn up by the prince’s lawyers, claims that the British newspaper hacked into the king’s son’s mobile phone to intercept his voice messages, and also resorted to other illegal methods of collecting information. on Harry, between 1995 and 2011. Lawyers reveal ‘suspicious’ activity on their mobile phones, including missed calls or resets from numbers that the prince did not recognize or that were hidden. Also mentioned are messages displayed in his mailbox but not listed as new messages because they have already been opened by third parties, all findings that are not currently reflected in the phone records, also because they are many years old and about of which the Duke of Sussex himself has no exact recollection.
It is this uncertainty that can become a double-edged sword for Harry., who yesterday in the courtroom, for five hours of interrogation, looked confused and agitated. His lawyers did not spare him pressing and purely personal questions, to which he responded with general accusations, referring to the “absolutely cowardly” and “criminal” behavior of the press. “Their actions affected every area of my life”, causing “bouts of depression and paranoia”. The same process causes him to “go through a terrible time in my life”. “How much more blood will stain their fingers before someone can put an end to this madness?” wonders that Prince Harry, who has often denounced personal attacks from the press, is accustomed to assigning members of the royal family a precise role: “So you are either a “playboy prince” or a “loser”. “In my case, it’s ‘fat man’, ‘fraudster’, ‘underage drunkard’, ‘irresponsible drug addict’.”
As already written in his memoirs, Harry feels invested in the role of a modernizer: “His life’s work” is “to change the landscape of British media,” he explains. But in this task, he increasingly appears alone, also abandoned by his wife Megan, who is trying her best to regain popularity. Who knows if a hypothetical victory in court will finally free him from the demons.
Source: Elle