Prince Harry: The media ruined my childhood

Prince Harry, the first person from the British royal family to appear in court as a witness in 130 years, said in a court statement that the media destroyed his childhood and youth.

“Since the day I was born, I have seen hostility from the media,” said Prince Harry, who yesterday sat in the witness box in his lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People. . The fifth heir to the royal throne, who blamed tabloids for 33 stories they published about him between 1996 and 2011, argued that the information in these stories was obtained through unauthorized wiretapping.

‘My MENTAL HEALTH LOWERS’

Claiming that these reports distorted information about his life and that of his friends, Prince Harry claimed that tabloids described him as a “playboy, stupid and drunk” in his youth and said: “The tabloids were constantly trying to persuade me to do something. stupid to sell newspapers”. Noting that this situation deteriorated his mental health and caused him paranoia, Harry claimed that the media destroyed his relationship and he continued this attitude even when he was married.

Referring to the death of his mother, Princess Diana, as a result of a traffic accident while escaping from the paparazzi in Paris, the Prince said that “some journalists had bloody fingers on the keyboard” and called for a regulation regarding the press.