Harry & Meghan Fight Back!

As the Duke and Duchess of Sussex unite in their battle against the ‘ruthless’ treatment she’s endured, her father speaks out in his defence

- Karina Machado

After a solo visit to a Malawi health clinic on October 1, the Duke of Sussex was being ushered into a waiting car when a reporter’s last-minute question invited an uncharacteristic scolding from the usually affable royal. “That short conversation, what do you hope to achieve through it?” asked Sky TV’s Rhiannon Mills. “What? Ask them,” he replied, flashing a strained grin. When Mills asked another question, Harry shot back, “Rhiannon, don’t behave like this.”

Coming, as it did, just hours before Harry released a lengthy statement blasting the British tabloid media’s “relentless” hounding of his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, the awkward exchange left many wondering if the popular prince was cracking under the pressure of what has proved to be a challenging initiation into married life and parenthood. “Unfortunately, my wife has become one of the latest victims of a British tabloid press that wages campaigns against individuals with no thought to the consequences – a ruthless campaign that has escalated over the past year, throughout her pregnancy and while raising our newborn son,” wrote Harry, 35, in his highly personal piece. “I cannot begin to describe how painful it has been.”