Prince Harry gets emotional as he opens up about wife Meghan in press court case

Prince Harry has delivered an emotional statement in court, amid his press trial.

The Duke of Sussex is among seven high-profile claimants alleging Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) unlawfully gathered information and committed “grave breaches of privacy” over 20 years.

On day three of the trial, which took place at the High Court in London on Wednesday, the court detailed previous reports surrounding the prince’s private life.

The headlines included reports about his previous dating life, his marriage to his wife, Meghan Markle, and how he was affected by the death of his mother, Princess Diana.

When delivering his statement, Prince Harry told the court that he felt “not great” hearing these stories again, and described it as a “recurring traumatic experience”.

“I’ve never believed that my life is open season to be commercialised by these people,” he shared.

Noting that his “life is not a matter of the public interest”, Prince Harry became more passionate as he spoke, according to the BBC.

“Having my life, like others, commercialised in this way since I was a teenager, delving into every single aspect of my private life, listening into calls, blagging flights, so that they could find out where I’m going. It was a time then when everybody was in competition with each other,” he continued.

“To sit here and go through this all over again and have them give their own defence and claim that I don’t have any right to any privacy is disgusting,” he argued.

The father-of-two said that throughout the litigation case, “it’s only got worse, not better” for him in his life.

Ending his statement, Prince Harry admitted that the only things that he and the claimants want is an “apology and accountability”, and that it is “awful” that he is being made to give evidence and bring it all up again.

“The worst part is that ANL have made my wife’s life an absolute misery,” he concluded, getting visibly emotional.

The trial marks Prince Harry’s third major court battle accusing newspaper groups of unlawful behaviour. The case is expected to last for nine weeks.

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