Royal Family Quietly Deletes Prince Harry’s Strong Defence of Meghan Markle

Prince Harry has experienced a “very upsetting shock” after the Royal Family quietly deleted his strongly worded statement defending Meghan Markle. The Duke of Sussex issued the statement in November 2016, condemning the press for “racial undertones” in their coverage of his then-girlfriend Meghan. However, after seven years, the statement has been removed from royal.co.uk, much to Harry’s dismay.

Royal author Tom Quinn described the removal as a “very upsetting shock” for Harry. Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, Quinn explained, “The statement was a scathing attack on the press, and King Charles knows that he needs to keep the press on his side and work with them rather than against them. For Harry, removing the statement will be a real and very upsetting shock – he will see this as the Royal Family shutting him down, erasing an important part of the anti-media crusade Harry has waged for so long.”

Quinn added that Harry likely wanted the statement to remain on the Royal website “as a permanent reminder that Meghan and Harry are victims, not aggressors.”

Harry’s statement was initially released by former Kensington Palace communications secretary Jason Knauf, days after Harry’s relationship with Meghan became public. The statement followed an article in The Mail on Sunday titled: “Harry’s girl is (almost) straight outta Compton: Gang-scarred home of her mother revealed—so will he be dropping by for tea?”

The statement read: “His girlfriend, Meghan Markle, has been subject to a wave of abuse and harassment. Some of this has been very public – the smear on the front page of a national newspaper; the racial undertones of comment pieces; and the outright sexism and racism of social media trolls and web article comments.

“Some of it has been hidden from the public – the nightly legal battles to keep defamatory stories out of papers; her mother having to struggle past photographers in order to get to her front door; the attempts of reporters and photographers to gain illegal entry to her home and the calls to police that followed; the substantial bribes offered by papers to her ex-boyfriend; the bombardment of nearly every friend, co-worker, and loved one in her life.”

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Meanwhile, it’s reported that Prince Harry “can’t believe” he is not in the VIP category that would afford him automatic state security as his legal battle with the UK government continues. News broke this week that Harry has been given the green light to appeal a case he lost in the High Court against the Home Office, which downgraded his protection detail after he stepped back as a senior royal in 2020.