Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, warned Britain's biggest tabloids that their misleading and intrusive reporting will lead to "zero engagement" with them in the future, upping the stakes in their deeply tense relationship.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who at the end of last month quit their roles as working royals, made no secret of their disappointment with the tabloids and Meghan's legal case against one of the papers is going to be heard at the High Court in London later this week.
On Sunday evening, the couple, now living in the Los Angeles area, said in a letter to the editors of Daily Mail, The Sun, Daily Express and Daily Mirror paper that they would not be engaging with their publications any more.
It is unfolded in their letter, "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have watched people they know - as well as complete strangers - have their lives completely pulled apart for no good reason, other than the fact that salacious gossip boosts advertising revenue."
"With that said, please note that The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will not be engaging with your outlet. There will be no corroboration and zero engagement."
Avoiding Criticism?
The couple said the decision was not to escape criticism or to censor factual coverage.
The letter stated, "Media have every right to report on and indeed have an opinion on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, good or bad. But it can't be based on a lie."
Prince Harry, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson and sixth in line to the British throne and Meghan, a former U.S. actress have been one of the biggest celebrity couples in the world since their glittering wedding in 2018.
'Bullying and Racist'
The couple blamed some outlets of bullying and being racist towards Meghan, whose mother is African-American and father is white.
Harry had a long-lasting rivalry with the press that he blamed for the death of his mother Princess Diana, who was killed in a car accident in Paris (1997) when her vehicle sped away from chasing paparazzi photographers when he was just 12 years old.
In 2013, a London court also found that voicemail messages on its phone were accessed by workers working for the now-defunct News of the World from Rupert Murdoch.
Harry said last year that he would sue Murdoch's Sun and the Daily Mirror over the hacking while Meghan launched legal action against the Sunday Mail over the letter she wrote to her father. This week the next phase of that case will be heard in court.
Harry said the treatment Meghan received mirrored his mother's intense focus in the years before her death.
Last October, Prince Harry stated in a statement, "My deepest fear is history repeating itself. I’ve seen what happens when someone I love is commoditized to the point that they are no longer treated or seen as a real person."
"I lost my mother and now I watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces."
Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Marble, 38, recently relocated to the United States to start a new charitable foundation after quitting their royal positions.
British media minister Oliver Dowden said it was up to the couple how they functioned after they retired from royal duties.
Nevertheless, the couple's media critics queried the timing of their announcement, coming whilst the coronavirus pandemic.
Piers Morgan, a breakfast TV show host and a former Daily Mirror editor, said, "Imagine thinking anyone cares about their hurt little me-me-me egos as health workers around the world are dying at work?" What a pair of repulsive, deluded narcissistic tools."
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