Sometime in 2015, the
palace of the Queen of England put out a release to deter paparazzi from taking
pictures of the children of Prince
William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
For some time now,
there have been speculations about Prince Harry with American actress Meghan
Markle but all such speculations have been put to rest as CNN has reported that
Prince Harry has through the Kensington
Palace twitter account issued a warning to the media against harassing his girlfriend,
Meghan thereby confirming their
relationship for the first after having accused the press and social media of sexist and racial abuse in the past week.
The statement which was issued by Prince Harry’s communications
secretary, read "His girlfriend
Meghan Markle has been subject to a wave of abuse and harassment. 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".
It also added that Markle,
who lives in Toronto where her TV series "Suits" is filmed, has had
photographers try to break into her home and that her ex-boyfriend had been
offered "substantial bribes" by various newspapers hence "Prince Harry is worried about Ms.
Markle's safety and is deeply disappointed that he has not been able to protect
her," the statement read.
The prince asked for
his statement to be issued so that the press behind the story could "pause
and reflect before any further damage is done."
According to the
report, the British media which regularly covers the personal lives of the
royal family had reported heavily on the relationship on Markle’s heritage
which includes having an African American mother and a Caucasian father.
The Daily Mail
headlined a story "Harry's girl is (almost) straight outta Compton,"
in which it reported that Markle's mother lives in a "run-down area"
in Crenshaw, Los Angeles.
The report also noted
that The Sun had described Markle as a "brunette" and a "break
from the mould for Prince Harry, who has previously dated a string of
blondes."
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