Some of the key quotes from Prince Harry's witness statement

As Prince Harry makes historical past as the primary royal to be cross-examined in courtroom for the reason that nineteenth century, his full 55-page witness assertion has been launched.

In it, the Duke of Sussex goes into element about his relationship with the United Kingdom tabloid press and the explanation he is suing the publishers of the Daily Mirror, which he accuses of he accuses of telephone hacking and different illegal snooping.

It’s the primary of his a number of lawsuits in opposition to the media to go to a full trial.

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook Britain's Prince Harry being cross examined by Andrew Green KC, as he gives evidence at the Rolls Buildings in central London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023 during the phone hacking trial against Mirror Group Newspapers — Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook Britain’s Prince Harry being cross examined by Andrew Green KC, as he provides proof on the Rolls Buildings in central London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023 in the course of the telephone hacking trial in opposition to Mirror Group Newspapers (Elizabeth Cook/PA by way of AP)

Here are a few of the key quotes from Harry’s written witness assertion launched by the courtroom:

‘Playboy prince’, ‘thicko’, ‘cheat’

“In my experience as a member of the Royal Family, each of us gets cast into a specific role by the tabloid press. You start off as a blank canvas while they work out what kind of person you are and what kind of problems and temptations you might have.

“They then begin to edge you in the direction of taking part in the position or roles that go well with them finest and which sells as many newspapers as doable, particularly in case you are the ‘spare’ to the ‘inheritor’. You’re then both the ‘playboy prince’, the ‘failure’, the ‘drop out’ or, in my case, the ‘thicko’, the ‘cheat’, the ‘underage drinker’, the ‘irresponsible drug taker’, the checklist goes on.

“As a teenager and in my early twenties, I ended up feeling as though I was playing up to a lot of the headlines and stereotypes that they wanted to pin on me mainly because I thought that, if they are printing this rubbish about me and people were believing it, I may as well ‘do the crime’, so to speak.

“It was a downward spiral, whereby the tabloids would consistently try to coax me, a ‘broken’ younger man, into doing one thing silly that may make a superb story and promote numerous newspapers. Looking again on it now, such behaviour on their half is totally vile.”

Harry’s relationships and the press

“I genuinely really feel that in each relationship that I’ve ever had – be that with mates, girlfriends, with household or with the military, there’s at all times been a 3rd social gathering concerned, specifically the tabloid press.

“Having seen me grow up from a baby (being born into this ‘contractual relationship’ without any choice) and scrutinised my every move, the tabloids have known the challenges and mental health struggles that I have had to deal with throughout my childhood and adult life and for them to then play on that and use it to their own advantage, I think is, well, criminal.”