Prince Harry Asks Internet Trolls and Tabloids to Lay Off His Girlfriend

Last week, British tabloids, particularly The Sun and Daily Mail, angered Prince Harry enough to issue a public statement about their treatment of his relationship with U.S. actress Meghan Markle. On November 8, the Kensington Palace Communications Secretary, on behalf of Prince Harry, asked the press to “pause and reflect before any further damage is done.”

In the statement, Harry accused the tabloids of a “wave of abuse” that threatened the safety of Markle and her friends and family. The abuses included references to intimate scenes from the “Suits” TV show appearing on adult websites, as well as references to Markle being bi-racial (her father is white and her mother is black) and a divorcee, which led to vicious sexist and racist trolling in the articles’ comment sections.

What the tabloids print is up to their editors, who face legal challenges if the content goes too far (I’m still wondering how the Daily Mail got away with the headline: “”Harry’s girl is (almost) straight outta Compton: Gang-scarred home of her mother revealed”), but the comments are easy to control with proper moderation. If conduct guidelines are easy to find, explicit, and regularly swept by the moderation team, Harry should have no reason for complaint.

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