LONDON — LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry’s troubled relationships with the British royal household, the U.Okay. institution and the media have performed out in public for years – in books and interviews, on tv packages and within the courts.
The most recent twist noticed Harry give a revealing interview after a courtroom rejected his try to revive the police safety that was stripped from him after he give up his royal duties and moved to the U.S. in 2020.
Here’s a timeline of latest occasions involving Harry and the British royal household:
Prince Harry and American actor Meghan Markle meet on a blind date arrange by a mutual pal.
Harry confirms Markle is his girlfriend and condemns press protection of her. He says he fears for her security and says press protection crossed the road and used “racial undertones” in its tales. His feedback remind many who his mom, Princess Diana, had died in a automotive crash whereas being pursued by photographers.
Harry and Meghan announce their engagement.
Meghan and Harry get married in a grand ceremony at Windsor Citadel.
Harry launches lawsuits towards three newspaper teams — Rupert Murdoch’s Information Group, the Mirror Group and Related Newspapers. He claims tales about his schooldays, teenage shenanigans and relationships with girlfriends had been obtained by hacking, bugging, deception or different types of unlawful intrusion.
Harry and Meghan’s son Archie is born.
Harry and Meghan announce they plan to “step again” as senior royals and develop into financially unbiased. The choice quickly turns into a serious rift, and the couple strikes to Meghan’s native California.
The committee that oversees royal safety decides Harry is not going to obtain the identical stage of taxpayer-funded safety as he did when he was a full-time royal.
Harry launches authorized motion towards the U.Okay. authorities over the safety resolution.
Meghan wins an invasion of privateness lawsuit towards Each day Mail writer Related Newspapers over publication of a letter she wrote in 2018 to her estranged father.
Meghan and Harry’s daughter Lilibet is born.
Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96 after 70 years on the throne. Her eldest son turns into King Charles III.
Harry’s ghostwritten memoir “Spare” is printed and turns into a best-seller. It recounts Harry’s grief on the demise of his mom when he was 12, his frustrations in his royal function and anger at his father, brother, stepmother and the media, amongst others.
King Charles is topped at Westminster Abbey. Harry attends with out Meghan or the youngsters.
Harry testifies in his case towards the Mirror Group, turning into the primary British royal in additional than a century to look within the witness field.
A 3-day courtroom listening to begins on Harry’s declare over his safety. Legal professionals for the prince argue the choice to downgrade his safety was “illegal and unfair.”
Harry wins his case towards the Mirror Group when a choose guidelines that Mirror newspapers had employed non-public investigators to snoop for private info and engaged in unlawful telephone hacking for properly over a decade. He’s awarded authorized prices and 140,000 kilos in damages.
Buckingham Palace pronounces that King Charles has most cancers and can obtain remedy. Officers don’t say what type of most cancers the king has.
Prince Harry arrives within the U.Okay. from California to go to his father. He departs the subsequent day.
The Excessive Court docket dismisses Harry’s declare.
The Court docket of Enchantment resolution giving Harry permission to problem the ruling over his safety. is printed.
The writer of tabloid newspaper The Solar settles a lawsuit, providing Harry “ a full and unequivocal apology ” for intruding on his non-public life between 1996 and 2011, together with incidents of illegal actions.
Harry attends a two-day enchantment listening to on the Royal Courts of Justice, the place his attorneys argue he has been “singled out” for “inferior remedy” over his safety.
Three Court docket of Enchantment judges dismiss Harry’s case, saying the safety resolution was “smart.” Harry responds in an interview, saying the choice means he can’t deliver his spouse and kids to his dwelling nation. He says he desires reconciliation together with his household, saying ”there’s no level in persevering with to struggle anymore.”
