Prince Harry Names Brother William, Mom Diana, Ex Chelsy Davy and More in Witness Statement for Phone Hacking Trial

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Prince Harry arrived at London’s High Court on Tuesday, June 6, to testify after accusing the publisher of the Daily Mirror of using unlawful methods to write stories about him for years.The 38-year-old prince’s 55-page written witness statement was released on Tuesday as Harry took the stand — and the lengthy document includes mentions of his late mother, Princess Diana, his brother, Prince William, and his exes Caroline Flack, Chelsy Davy and Natalie Pinkham.“It is no secret that I have had, and continue to have, a very difficult relationship with the tabloid press in the UK,” he wrote. “In my experience as a member of the Royal Family, each of us gets cast into a specific role by the tabloid press.

You start off as a blank canvas while they work out what kind of person you are and what kind of problems and temptations you might have.

They then start to edge you towards playing the role or roles that suit them best and which sells as many newspapers as possible, especially if you are the ‘spare’ to the ‘heir.’ You’re then either the ‘playboy prince,’ the ‘failure,’ the ‘drop out’ or, in my case, the ‘thicko,’ the ‘cheat,’ the ‘underage drinker,’ ‘irresponsible drug taker,’ the list goes on.”Harry, who married Meghan Markle in 2018, noted that the British media would “report on my successes in life” but “took greater pleasure in knocking me down” over the years, including in his romantic relationships.“Chelsy Davy, a former girlfriend of mine.

We met in about early 2004 and were in a relationship which continued, on and off, until around mid-2010. Our relationship was long distance for the majority of the time we were together, with Chelsy and I often living in different countries, so we relied on communicating by phone