While the former’s fate was sealed that horrible Parisian evening, Prince Harry however has had constant abuse throughout his years of life.įrom being called stupid to a partygoing lunatic, all the way across to being a drug addict, Harry’s relationship with the media stagnated the day his mother died and has only grown more sour and toxic as the months and years have passed. Almost all the Royals have faced the wrath of lies and toxicity from newspapers and magazines alike, but perhaps none more so than Princess Diana and Prince Harry. The Royal Family have a complicated symbiotic history with the media. The News Of The World have been under fire in the past for illegal wiretapping, and they already have blood on their hands for more than one famous face either committing suicide (Caroline Flack) or being driven into a Paris tunnel, never to be seen again (Princess Diana). In Mo Farah’s book, he speaks about the suffocating media presence on his family after winning medals, forced to hide inside while paparazzi camped on his front lawn and shouted through the letterbox to him.

Journalists have unfettered access and a surprising amount of leniency when it comes to breaching privacy laws too. There’s a reason why any new Prime Minister meets the British press before anyone else. Anyone who’s aware of the media will know just how toxic and awful they can be.

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