He assures that the tabloid press was the "determining factor" in his break with Chelsy Davy, his companion from 2004 to 2010. Prince Harry said in a statement, read in a London court on Tuesday, June 6 as part of his lawsuit against the Mirror Group Newspaper Limited and obtained by the New York Times, that his past relationship was "doomed to failure" because of the "prying eyes" of the tabloids. "I felt like I was being watched all the time," he wrote. I think Chelsy found it even harder to live with when she was living in England... There is a limit to what people can endure."
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Dishonest methods
A message that the Duke of Sussex has conveyed as part of his legal confrontation with the media group. He accuses the latter of having obtained information about him through dishonest methods, including tapping his phone. "We have, most of the time, had a long-distance relationship," he continued. Chelsy and I often lived in different countries, and we relied heavily on our phone calls to keep the connection."
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"Naturally, during these calls, we talked about all kinds of personal matters, including several aspects of our relationship, and it was often via voicemail. I trusted Chelsy, as my girlfriend, to keep the most confidential information quiet, and vice versa." According to him, the tabloids would still have seized on this information. Meghan Markle's husband further claimed that he tried to be "the best possible partner" for the young woman. However, she eventually broke up with him.
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An "immature" flirtation
A separation "incredibly upsetting" for Prince Harry, who has, however, assured to understand the reasons for this decision. Archie and Lilibet's father maintained that the former couple lived in "fear" for their "safety," which caused them "tremendous unnecessary stress and pressure." "We never came to understand how intimate elements of our life together made their way into the tabloids, and our circle of friends became smaller and smaller," he said. I remember finding it very difficult to trust someone, which led to episodes of depression and paranoia."
Prince William's youngest son also spoke of an incident in 2005, during which he was caught flirting with a young brunette woman, in the absence of Chelsy Davy. "I was immature, I didn't really think about what I was doing," the Duke of Sussex said in response to two articles published by the Daily Mirror at the time. I made a stupid decision – and my mistakes were revealed to the general public." These articles pointed out that Chelsy Davy was "furious" and had "passed him a soap over the phone". Information whose origin remains unknown to this day for the Duke of Sussex. In his memoirs The Deputy, Prince Harry nevertheless revealed that the separation of the couple was due to Elizabeth II's unfavorable opinion of Chelsy Davy, whom she found too liberated. The duo had announced their breakup in 2010.
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