Prince Harry Details Meghan's Misery in High Court Testimony

The Duke of Sussex fought back tears as he told the High Court that tabloid journalists had made his wife’s life “an absolute misery”. Prince Harry was giving evidence in his privacy claim against the publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday. He had been in the witness box for almost two hours when he delivered a short monologue about how his private life had been treated as “open season” and “commercialised by these people”. Having maintained a calm but determined demeanour throughout the day, it was the thought of his wife, Meghan, that appeared to tip him over the edge. “They have made my wife’s life an absolute misery, my Lord,” he said. “Having my life – like others – commercialised in this way since I was a teenager, delving into every aspect of my private life, listening to calls, blagging flights so they could see where I was going... “To sit here and go through this again and to hear them claim in their defence that I don’t have any right to privacy is disgusting.” The Duke is one of seven claimants suing the publisher for damages, alleging stories published by the Mail were obtained through phone hacking, blagging and other unlawful means. Associated Newspapers has strongly denied the allegations. The other claimants in the case include Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, Sir Elton John, David Furnish, Liz Hurley, Sadie Frost and Sir Simon Hughes. Associated is a subsidiary of Daily Mail and General Trust, Lord Rothermere’s holding company, which has agreed to acquire The Telegraph for £500m. The impact of the proposed takeover on competition and the public interest will be investigated.