It’s fair to say that, after an unimpressive first day on the witness stand in his case against the Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), Prince Harry rallied somewhat yesterday. This may well have been because he now had the measure of his interrogator, Andrew Green KC, and was able to respond with greater detail and fluency. It may also have helped that he was subsequently cross-examined by his own barrister, David Sherborne.
Nonetheless, the Duke’s state of mind can most clearly be discerned by one of his final statements in the witness box. Sherborne asked him how the experience of being so publicly interrogated had been. With commendable understatement, Harry replied ‘It’s a lot.’
It seems clear that the King is hoping that, eventually, Harry will cease to be an object of fascination in his home country
‘A lot’ must be rather how the rest of the royal family are feeling. Harry is the first member of ‘the Firm’ to be cross-examined in the High Court for 132 years.
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