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Zoe Williams

Prince Harry is not wrong to feel injustice, but he won’t find vindication in a court of law

The Duke of Sussex leaves the High court in London after giving evidence on Wednesday.
‘Prince Harry is an object lesson in why people so rarely choose to go to war against the press.’ The Duke of Sussex outside the high court in London, 7 June 2023. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Never mind waiting for Mr Justice Fancourt to produce his findings, the tabloid newspapers were declaring their collective triumph before Prince Harry had even been released from giving evidence against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN).

“He must have longed for the schmaltzy embrace of Oprah,” the Mail said; “Me, Hewitt … and that two-faced shit Burrell,” the Sun sort-of quotes the prince. The Mirror went with the more sober “Harry vs the Press”, with only a silent nod to the fact that it is their newspaper group, specifically, he’s been fighting in this week’s hearing.

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