Prince Harry condemns media coverage of girlfriend Meghan Markle

Kensington Palace has taken a rare step of commenting on Prince Harry’s relationship with Toronto-based actress, Meghan Markle.

In hopes of curbing recent comments and coverage his office has dubbed as “abuse and harassment”, the Communications Secretary to Prince Harry released a strongly worded statement saying in part “Prince Harry is worried about Ms. Markle’s safety and is deeply disappointed that he has not been able to protect her. It is not right that a few months into a relationship with him that Ms. Markle should be subjected to such a storm.”

The statement says “a line has been crossed” and accuses the media of harassing 35-year-old Markle. “Some of this has been very public – the smear on the front page of a national newspaper; the racial undertones of comment pieces; and the outright sexism and racism of social media trolls and web article comments.”

Harry said he knows people will say this is ‘the price she has to pay’ and that ‘this is all part of the game’. The statement continues, “This is not a game – it is her life and his.”