![]() "Democracy fails when your press fails to scrutinize and hold the government accountable, and instead choose to get into bed with them so they can ensure the status quo." "On a national level, at the moment, our country is judged globally by the state of our press and our government, both of which I believe are at rock bottom," his statement said. The prince has accused the government of being "scared" to hold the press accountable and launched a tirade against both of them in his testimony. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Prince Harry's memoir hits bookstore shelves It was a downward spiral," he said, saying the reporting had been "utterly vile." "As a teenager and in my early 20s, I ended up feeling as though I was playing up to a lot of the headlines and stereotypes that they wanted to pin on me. "You're then either the 'playboy prince', the 'failure', the 'dropout' or, in my case, the 'thicko', the 'cheat', the 'underage drinker', the 'irresponsible drug taker', the list goes on." "How much more blood will stain their typing fingers before someone can put a stop to this madness," he said in a witness statement. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, told the court he had been caricaturized by the press in a negative light and that it had damaged his mental health. Harry, who is suing a British tabloid publisher for illegal information-gathering, told London's High Court he had suffered "press invasion most of my life up until this day." The 38-year-old has a turbulent relationship with the press, holding newspapers and paparazzi responsible for the death of his mother Princess Diana. UK royals usually follow the same practice as the monarch, who as Britain's head of state is supposed to be above politics. In a break with protocol, the fifth-in-line to the throne also condemned the British government and press for failing to hold one another to account. Ms Sanderson said it was a planned piece for Valentine's Day and later told the court there was a difference with prepared interviews which were under her "control".Prince Harry on Tuesday became the first UK royal in more than a century to give evidence in court - and accused some British newspapers of having blood on their hands. why were you giving an interview to the Daily Mirror in 2019?" Mr Green then asked the actress: "If you consider your treatment by MGN to be tantamount to child abuse. The fact that I'm having to do this today is traumatic." "I said that and I stand by that," she told Andrew Green KC, who is representing MGN in court.Īsked by Mr Green about this part of her statement in court, the actress replied: "The behaviour has been horrific, the gaslighting I feel has gone on with me. "I was attacked by people who were more powerful than me." "These people were in positions of power," she wrote. She uses the word "abuse" several times throughout her statement, saying at the end that she does not do so lightly. ![]() Harry's moment in court is over - was he or the King right? Ms Sanderson claims MGN's alleged "illegal activities" have had a "huge impact" on her life and left her paranoid about sharing information, even with friends and family.Īt one point, she suspected a Coronation Street press officer of leaking information about her, she wrote in her witness statement - something she feels "awful" about now.Įx-Mirror royal correspondent gives evidence In court, she said she felt like she could not "go places without someone watching". "I was a young girl at the time… they could have done anything to me," she wrote. She also criticises MGN for "hiring random men to follow" her. In her statement, Ms Sanderson recalls paparazzi photographers following her to take pictures while she was on holiday, describing their actions as "creepy, like those things you see on serial killer dramas". ![]() Image: Ms Sanderson (left) and Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien at the Inside Soap Awards party in 2002
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