Prince Harry reveals the reason why Meghan has not returned to the UK (Picture: Getty)
Prince Harry claims it is ‘still dangerous’ for his wife Meghan to return to the UK following their move to the US.
In his first major interview since the conclusion of his court case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) the Duke of Sussex blamed his fight against the press as a ‘central piece’ in destroying his relationship with his family.
During a segment on the ITV documentary ‘Tabloids on Trial’, Harry was asked whether his legal battles with the press brought him more attention, to which he replied: ‘There is more than enough attention on me and my wife (Meghan) anyway.
‘They pushed me too far,’ he added.
The Prince revealed the reason during an interview with ITV (Picture: ITV/PA Wire)
‘It got to a point where you’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t, I don’t think there’s anybody in the world better suited and placed to be able to see this through than myself.
‘It’s still dangerous, and all it takes is one lone actor, one person who reads this stuff to act on what they have read and whether it’s a knife or acid, whatever it is, and these are things that are of genuine concern for me. It’s one of the reasons why I won’t bring my wife back to this country.’
The Duke was asked towards the end of the programme about claiming in a High Court filing that the late Queen, his grandmother who died in 2022, ‘supported’ his actions against the News Group Newspapers (NGN), publisher of The Sun and the now-defunct News Of The World.
He responded saying: ‘I wish… we had many conversations before she passed, and this is very much something that she supported.
‘She knew how much this meant to me and… she’s very much out there, going to see this through to the end, without question.’
In a witness statement, he had claimed the late monarch wanted the media mogul Rupert Murdoch to ‘apologise’.
Harry is bringing a case against NGN over alleged unlawful information-gathering, but not allegations of phone hacking, with a full trial due to be held in January.
Harry blamed the tabloids for playing a central role in destroying his relationship with his family (Picture: Shutterstock)
NGN has previously denied unlawful activity took place at The Sun.
ITV News’ Rebecca Barry asked Harry about his family’s ‘decision not to fight in the way that you have?’
The duke replied, saying: ‘I think everything that’s played out has shown people what the truth of the matter is.
‘For me, the mission continues, but it has, yes, it’s caused, as you say, part of a rift.’
He stressed that those in a public role should do things for the ‘greater good’, before adding he was ‘doing this for my reasons’.
Celebrities including Notting Hill actor Hugh Grant, Welsh singer Charlotte Church and former England footballer Paul Gascoigne, plus former prime minister Gordon Brown appear in the ITV documentary.
Tabloids On Trial is available on ITVX.
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