Harry mostly remained calm as the Mirror’s barrister worked to undermine his case, but there were flashes of passion
rince Harry’s long journey to the high court witness box began with a chance encounter with the lawyer David Sherborne at a party hosted by Elton John in France. It ended with an occasionally emotional eight hours of cross-examination that broke royal protocol, set a precedent and laid bare the level of tabloid intrusion that Harry says he has endured throughout his life.
The prince said he first “bumped into” Sherborne in 2018, where he vented to his fellow party guest about the way British newspapers were reporting on his new wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. At the time Harry was still an active member of the royal family, who maintained a longstanding policy of “never complain, never explain” when it came to dealing with the media.
Harry told Sherborne he was concerned about “the abuse, intrusion and hate that was coming towards me and my wife”, the high court heard on Wednesday. The prince and the barrister discussed whether there was “any way to find a different course of action” without relying on the softly-softly approach of the royal household.
By this point Harry had already publicly accused the British media of racism, warned they were repeating the mistakes that led to the death of his mother, and was privately demanding Rupert Murdoch’s media group apologise to him for hacking his phone. But, in his eyes, none of it was having an effect.
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