The Humiliation of Prince Harry

The Free Press has a great read about how devastating the trial that prince Harry initiated against the media was for him.

• An 11 week trial costing 67 million pounds
• All of his 97 allegations were rejected as unfounded, relying on suspicion over proof
• He insisted his social circles never sold him out, despite text messages showing him berating his friends because “one of your mates. . . has gossiped.”
• He claimed his staff never briefed reporters, yet the court was shown palace emails with them doing exactly that.
• Harry stood up and claimed during the trial that he would not “share private information with strangers around a campfire,” referring to a story reported about his feelings for his ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy, only for the defense to point out he had described himself doing exactly that, in vivid detail, in his memoir, Spare.
• Under oath, Harry swore to the court that he had met Charlotte Griffiths exactly once at a weekend party, before cutting contact the moment he realized she was a journalist. He dismissively branded her a “liar” and a “fantasist” for arguing otherwise, but she had proof. But Facebook messages between Harry and Griffiths were released to the public, meaning we now know in cringe-inducing detail about the “movie snuggles” that the Prince shared with the journalist. We also know he messaged her for weeks after enjoying what she describes as a “fun weekend of naughtiness.”
• The trial laid bare how, over a decade later, Harry and Meghan’s communications adviser would contact Griffiths to feed her positive stories about the exiled pair. After Griffiths splashed the positive stories on the front page of the Mail, “sources close to the Sussexes” would then brief The Daily Telegraph to say that they were “very frustrated” that the stories had ended up in the Mail.
• But whatever Harry’s motive, it’s proof that he was orchestrating at least some of the leaks he complained about

He’s lucky he wasn’t done for perjury I’d say.