Hugh Grant Defends Prince Harry - Says Tabloids Contributed To His Mother’s Fatal Accident And Are Now “Tearing His Wife To Pieces” In Interview

Jan 15, 2020 by apost team

Actor Hugh Grant has defended Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for their choosing to step down from the Royal Family. The 59-year-old opened up on Andy Cohen’s Radio Andy show on Sirius XM about how he believes the British tabloids are doing the same things to Meghan that they did to the late Princess Diana. 

Grant reminded listeners that the circumstances between Princess Diana and Meghan Markle are very similar. “I’m rather on Harry’s side. The tabloid press effectively murdered his mother, now they’re tearing his wife to pieces," Grant said. “I think as a man, it’s his job to protect his family, so I’m with him.” 

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Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris after being chased by the paparazzi. The driver of Diana's vehicle had reportedly been drunk when the crash occurred in a tunnel.  Three of the four passengers in the car died.

Harry released a statement against the press in October of last year saying, "Up to now, we have been unable to correct the continual misrepresentations - something that these select media outlets have been aware of and have therefore exploited on a daily and sometimes hourly basis.” 

Drawing comparisons to his late mother Princess Diana’s treatment by the media prior to her death, the Prince stated his “deepest fear is history repeating itself.”

“I’ve seen what happens when someone I love is commoditized to the point that they are no longer treated or seen as a real person,” he said. “I lost my mother and now I watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces.”

Meghan Markle initiated the lawsuit against Associated Newspapers in relation to the publication of a private letter she sent to her father Thomas Markle. In response to the lawsuit, Mr. Markle spoke to the Daily Mail to explain his reasoning for releasing the letter to the media. The 75-year-old alleged an anonymous friend of the Duchess misrepresented the contents of the letter when speaking to People Magazine.

“The letter was presented in a way that vilified me and wasn’t true,” he explained. “It was presented as her reaching out and writing a loving letter in the hope of healing the rift, but the letter isn’t like that at all. I have the right to defend myself.”

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