{"id":266345,"date":"2016-11-08T14:38:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T14:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=266345"},"modified":"2016-11-08T14:38:44","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T14:38:44","slug":"prince-harry-condemns-press-abuse-of-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/prince-harry-condemns-press-abuse-of-girlfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry condemns press ‘abuse’ of girlfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"
Prince Harry has confirmed US actress Meghan Markle is his girlfriend, in a statement from Kensington Palace attacking the media for subjecting her to a “wave of abuse and harassment”.<\/p>\n
The statement said the couple were “a few months into a relationship” and it was “not right” that Ms Markle should be subjected to such treatment.<\/p>\n
It said the prince rarely took formal action over “fictional stories”.<\/p>\n
“But the past week has seen a line crossed,” it added.<\/p>\n
In recent days a number of newspapers have carried front page stories about the 35-year-old actress, best known for playing Rachel Zane in the TV drama Suits.<\/p>\n
‘Substantial bribes’<\/strong><\/p>\n The statement issued by the prince’s communications secretary said: “His girlfriend, Meghan Markle, has been subject to a wave of abuse and harassment.<\/p>\n “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.<\/p>\n “Some of it has been hidden from the public – the nightly legal battles to keep defamatory stories out of papers; her mother having to struggle past photographers in order to get to her front door; the attempts of reporters and photographers to gain illegal entry to her home and the calls to police that followed; the substantial bribes offered by papers to her ex-boyfriend; the bombardment of nearly every friend, co-worker, and loved one in her life.”<\/p>\n