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Lawsuits against press deepen rift with royals

Britain's Prince Harry (39) sees his legal campaign against the tabloid press as one reason for the rift with his family. This was reported by the Guardian, citing excerpts from a documentary by the British television channel ITV, which will be broadcast today, Thursday.

The younger son of King Charles III (75) is convinced that he was the victim of phone hacking and other illegal methods of obtaining information. He has already been awarded damages in a lawsuit against the publisher of the "Mirror". He makes similar accusations against other tabloids and takes them to court. This is the subject of the new documentary entitled "Tabloids on Trial", for which the Prince was interviewed.

Breaking royal tradition
With his legal campaign, Harry broke with royal tradition, according to which members of the royal family in Great Britain do not take legal action against even unfair methods used by the press. This is probably to avoid having to appear as witnesses in court. The motto is supposedly "Never complain, never explain". Harry, on the other hand, took the witness stand.

The Prince and his wife Duchess Meghan (42) broke away from the inner circle of the royal family a good four years ago. Their relationship with the rest of the Royal Family is considered to have broken down. They now live with their children Prince Archie (5) and Princess Lilibet (3) in the US state of California.