Royal news – live: Prince Harry says he won’t bring Meghan back to the UK over safety fears

Prince Harry fears a lone actor believing negative press reports about him and Meghan Markle could attack the couple, citing it as one of the reasons he left the UK.

In the documentary, the 39-year-old said he would not bring his wife back to the UK over fears for safety.

He said: “Look at what has happened in the last four years to me, my wife and my family, right?

“It’s still dangerous. And all it takes is one lone actor, one person who reads this stuff, to act on what they have read… and whether it’s a knife or acid, whatever it is.

“And these are things that are a genuine concern for me. It’s one of the reasons why I won’t bring my wife back to this country.”

Harry and Meghan moved to California in June 2020. The couple no longer has an official UK residence.

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In Tabloids on Trial, ITV New’s Rebecca Barry asked the prince: “Both your father and your sister-in-law have been unwell.

“It’s a reminder, I guess, to all of us that life is precious.

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Prince Harry, appeared shocked by the question, he replied: “Erm, I don’t think the legal, the continuation of these legal battles is the sort of, I…

“The two things are completely separate.

“Erm, you know, my father and my sister-in-law, and me, you know, following through on these legal battles are two completely different things.”

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“I’ve made it very clear that this is something that needs to be done.

“It would be nice if we, you know, did it as a family.”

He stressed that those in a public role should do things for the greater good.

“I believe that, again, from a service standpoint and when you are in a public role, that these are the things that we should be doing for the greater good,” he said.

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Looking at a headline from the time about his then-girlfriend Chelsy Davy apparently preparing to split with him, the Prince said: “Harry’s girl to dump him – seems as though they knew something before I even did.”

He also says in an ITV documentary airing tonight: “I think there’s a lot of I guess, paranoia, fear, worry, concern, distrust in the people around you, clearly a headline like that has absolutely no public interest whatsoever.

“There’s a big difference between what interests the public and what is public interest, so what happens in my private life between myself and [my] then girlfriend is exactly that, between us.”

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“Where historical wrongdoing took place, we apologise unreservedly, have taken full responsibility and paid compensation.”

Harry has also brought legal action against the publisher of the Daily Mail over allegations it carried out or commissioned unlawful information-gathering, which are all denied by the newspaper group.

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Pointing to the sky, he said: “She knew how much this meant to me and she’s very much up there going ‘See this through to the end’ without question.”

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Prince Harry claims he “will not” bring his wife, Meghan Markle, back to the UK over fears for both their safety. He has told an ITV documentary “it only takes one lone actor [who reads negative stories about Harry and Meghan in the press] with a knife or acid.”

On if he’s seeking attention through the court battles, he said: “There is more than enough attention on me and my wife anyway.

“There was… they pushed me too far. It got to a point where you’re damned if you do, you’re damned if you don’t.

“They pushed me too far. You are damned if you do and damned if you don’t.

“I don’t think there’s anybody else in the world that is better suited and placed to be able to see this through than myself.

“It’s still dangerous. And all it takes is one lone actor, one person who reads this stuff, to act on what they have read…

“And whether it’s a knife or acid, whatever it is.

“And these are things that are a genuine concern for me.

“It’s one of the reasons why I won’t bring my wife back to this country.”

Meghan has not returned to the UK since Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in 2022.

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Speaking in a new ITV documentary about whether the hacking made him paranoid he said: “I think paranoia is a very interesting word because yes, then it could be paranoia, but then when you’re vindicated it proves that you weren’t being paranoid. You know, same with my mother.

“You know, there is evidence to suggest that she was being hacked in the mid-nineties, probably one of the first people to be hacked and yet still today, the press, the tabloid press very much enjoy painting her as being paranoid.

“But she wasn’t paranoid, she was absolutely right about what was happening to her. And she’s not around today to find out the truth.”

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He said: “In those days the paparazzi was something else.

“I remember that night out I remember being hit over the head by cameras.

“My security did everything to keep them away.”

He added: “It feels horrible then and it feels horrible now.”

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