Prince Harry Says Queen Elizabeth Would Want Him to Pursue His Legal Battles
Prince Harry's legal battles against the British tabloids and phone hacking are ongoing, and the Duke of Sussex said in a new interview that his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, would be supportive of his fight.
"We had many conversations before she passed, this is very much something she supported, she knew how much this meant to me," Harry said ITV's documentary Tabloids on Trial. "She is up there going, 'See this through to the end,' without question.'"
Elsewhere in the film, he spoke about how his fight against the tabloids has caused a rift with his family. "I think that's certainly a central piece to it," Prince Harry said. "That's a hard question to answer because anything I say about my family results in a torrent of abuse from the press."
He added, "I've made it very clear that this is something that needs to be done. It would be nice if we did it as a family. I believe that, again, from a service standpoint and when you're in a public role, that these are the things that we should be doing for the greater good. But I'm doing this for my reasons."
In 2019, Harry filed a lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), which he won in December 2023. At the time, Prince Harry said in a statement, "I have been told that slaying dragons will get you burned, but in light of today's victory and the importance of doing what is needed for a free and honest press—it is a worthwhile price to pay. The mission continues."
He currently has two ongoing cases against Associated Newspapers (publisher of The Daily Mail) and News Group Newspapers (now News UK, which publishes The Sun). Both deny any illegal information gathering.
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