Prince Harry's UK court showdown: Royal fails to show up for first day, leaves judge frustrated

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Prince Harry has blamed the paparazzi for causing the car crash that killed his mother, Princess Diana. He also said the U.K. press has prompted him and Meghan Markle to leave the country.

for his trial against U.K. publisher The Mirror on Monday – leaving the judge frustrated.

Harry’s lawyer, David Sherborne, said phone hacking and forms of unlawful information gathering were carried out on such a widespread scale, it was implausible the publisher’s newspapers used a private investigator to dig up dirt on the prince only once, which is what they have admitted. According to court documents, Harry said that ongoing tabloid reports made him wonder whom he could trust. He feared that friends and associates were betraying him by leaking private information. He said his circle of friends shrunk as he suffered"huge bouts of depression and paranoia." Relationships fell apart as the women in his life – and even their family members – were"dragged into the chaos.

The publisher admitted and apologized for hiring a private eye to dig up dirt on one of Harry’s nights out at a bar, but the resulting 2004 article headlined"Sex on the beach with Harry" is not among the 33 in question at trial.

 

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