Prince Harry says Meghan Markle is not safe in UK: ‘Just a lone actor’
In spite of Prince Harry Moving to Southern California in 2020, he has continued a series of legal battles in the UK, aiming to improve access to security and change the culture at the nation’s tabloids. In a new interview with ITVHarry mentioned that his fear of Meghan Markle and her safety is part of the reason why he continues his legal battles, and why he has not considered going back back home with wife
“It’s still dangerous, and it only takes one lone actor, one person reading these things to act on what they’ve read,” Harry told reporters. Rebecca Barry in a sit-down meeting network documentary Tabloids on trial. “Whether it’s knives or acid, whatever it is—and these are the things that really concern me. That’s one of the reasons why I wouldn’t bring my wife back to this country.” In 2022, the former head of counterterrorism for the Metropolitan Police speak Meghan received credible threats during her time in the country, and in January 2024Two neo-Nazi podcast hosts have been sentenced to prison after one of the podcast hosts encouraged listeners to use violence against the prince and his son, Archie.
Although Harry has made several visits to London in 2024, most recently to receive a thanksgiving ceremony in may In honor of the Invictus Games, Meghan has not returned to the country where she lived from 2017 to 2020 since Funeral September 2022 of Queen Elizabeth II. The couple’s two children, Archie and Lilibet, only visit once, in Platinum Anniversary June 2022.
Harry’s legal battle in the UK is being fought on two fronts. From 2022He challenged the British government’s decision to deny him access to armed security forces when he visited the country. Although a High Court judge dismissed his appeal in February 2024 verdictThe Court of Appeal ruled that he was allowed to appeal decision.
Starting in the fall of 2019, he filed lawsuits against several UK publications, alleging illegal data collection practices. In June 2023, Harry testified on the stand for two days in a case against Mirror Group Newspapers, and last December, the Supreme Court has ruled that the newspaper used information illegally in its coverage of the prince. The prince currently has ongoing lawsuits against Associated Newspapersparent company of Daily mail, and News Group UKparent company of Sun. (Both companies deny any legal wrongdoing.)
In an interview with ITV, Harry said the late Queen had supported his efforts to fight the tabloids while she was alive. “We had a lot of conversations before she died. This is something she really supported; she knew what it meant to me,” he said. “She’s been there saying, ‘Let’s get this done’, no doubt about it.”
He also stressed that his pursuit of justice had nothing to do with his father. King Charles III, and sister-in-law, Kate Middleton, Both reported cancer diagnoses. earlier this year. “These are two completely separate things,” he said. “My father, my sister-in-law, and I pursuing these legal battles are two completely different things.”
