Prince Harry Makes Latest Plea For Privacy: “There’s A Big Difference Between What Interests The Public & What Is Public Interest”
deadline.comPrince Harry has made another plea for privacy in his first public comments about his landmark legal war with British tabloid newspapers.
The Duke of Sussex has given an interview to ITV documentary Tabloids On Trial, in which he reflects on a court ruling that he was the target of unlawful information gathering by Mirror Group Newspapers.
Prince Harry described last December’s judgment as a big moment. “To go in there and come out and have the judge rule in our favor was obviously huge,” he said. “But for him to go as far as he did with regard to, you know, this wasn’t just the individual people.
This went right up to the top…this was lawyers, this was high executives. And to be able to achieve that in a trial that’s a monumental victory.” Reflecting on intrusions into his privacy, Prince Harry told ITV News journalist Rebecca Barry that he has carried “paranoia, fear, worry, concern,” and distrust of the people around him. “There’s a big difference between what interests the public and what is public interest,” said the prince, who has opened up his life for a major Netflix documentary series and penned a memoir revealing secrets about senior British royals.
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