Breaking News: Harry’s unexpected reaction to explosive Meghan exposé…..Read More

Eight years ago, Harry stunned us all with an unprecedented move. Now, following a damning new Meghan exposé, his reaction is very curious.

Long before “unprecedented” became a trigger word for us all (the coronavirus era is still too recent), it was the only word that could really sum up the dramatic action taken by Prince Harry in November 2016.

His new relationship had just been uncovered by the world’s press, and he believed the storm of negative coverage enveloping then-Suits actress Meghan Markle, had “seen a line crossed”.

Releasing a powerful statement through Kensington Palace (despite plenty of internal objection, as Harry revealed in his memoir), the prince condemned the wave of “abuse and harassment” she’d received, and referenced his “legal battles” to keep “defamatory stories out of papers”.

After quitting the royal family, Harry went on to detail his struggles with the Palace’s PR teams, and the fact that when things between Meghan and the UK media hit boiling point in 2019, he was encouraged to let it all slide.

“They knew how bad it was. They thought, ‘Why couldn’t she just deal with it?’ No one would have private conversations with the editors saying, ‘Enough,’ ” he wrote in Spare.

In October that year, the couple went against the royal grain and launched legal action against the Daily Mail over the publication of a private letter between Meghan and her estranged father.

By Harry’s own admission, one of the key reasons he left the “gilded cage” of the royal family was to reclaim his freedom.

But even when the protocols and procedures of a centuries-old institution were coiled around him, the duke still pushed forward to speak out when he felt he needed to.

All this to say: here is a man who has proven he’s not afraid to stand up for what he believes in.