Prince Harry has said it is “still dangerous” for his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, to return to the UK.
In the Duke of Sussex’s first major interview since the conclusion of his legal case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), he said he feared an attack on his wife if she returned to the UK due to the attention the royal couple attracts.
When asked during ITV’s Tabloids On Trial documentary whether legal battles attract more attention torment said, “Anyway, there’s more than enough attention for me and my wife (Meghan).”
“They put too much pressure on me,” he added.
“It’s still dangerous, and it only takes one lone actor, one person who reads these things to act on what they read, whether it’s a knife or acid, whatever, and these are things that are a genuine concern to me. .
“It’s one of the reasons I won’t bring my wife back to this country.”
Harry also blamed his struggle with the press as “central” in the destruction of his relationship with his family.
When asked about his family’s “decision not to fight” the press in the way Harry did, he said: “I think everything that’s happened has shown people what the truth of the matter is.
“For me, the mission continues, but, yes, it has caused, as you say, part of a rupture.”
The Duke was also questioned about the allegation in a High Court case that Queen Elizabeth II “supported” his actions against News Group Newspapers (NGN) – publisher of The Sun and the now-defunct News Of The World.
Harry said: “I wish… we had had lots of conversations before she passed away, and that’s something she supported.
“She knew how much this meant to me and…she’s out there, going all the way, without question.”
In a witness statement, he claimed the late monarch wanted media mogul Rupert Murdoch to “apologise”.
Harry is launching a case against NGN for alleged illegal information collection, but not phone hacking allegations, with a full trial expected in January.
NGN has previously denied that illegal activity took place at The Sun.
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The duke sued MGN in a different case, alleging that journalists in its publications were linked to methods that included wiretapping, so-called “blagging” – obtaining information through fraud – and the use of private investigators for illegal activities.
A trial found that 15 articles were the result of illegal information gathering, and MGN and the duke settled the remainder of their claim in February with “a substantial additional sum by way of compensation” and Harry’s legal costs.
This followed a December ruling that stated that phone hacking had become “widespread and habitual” in MGN titles in the late 1990s and that Harry’s phone was hacked “in a modest way” by the group – awarding it £140,600 in damages.
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MGN said in response to the program: “We welcome the December 2023 judgment which has given the company the clarity it needs to move forward from events that occurred many years ago.
“Where historic wrongdoings have occurred, we apologize unreservedly, take full responsibility and pay compensation.”
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