Prince Harry Says Late Queen Elizabeth Is 'Up There’ Saying ‘See This Through to the End’ amid His Legal Battles

Prince Harry has always had a strong bond with his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth.

During a new interview for ITV's documentary Tabloids on Trial, which premiered on Thursday, July 25, Harry, 39, spoke to Rebecca Barryabout winning his phone hacking lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) in December 2023, among other legal battles he has undertaken.

The Duke of Sussex mentioned he'd had multiple conversations about going up against the tabloids with the late Queen Elizabeth before her death on Sept. 8, 2022 at age 96.

"We had many conversations before she passed, this is very much something she supported, she knew how much this meant to me," Harry said on the documentary. 

"She is up there going, 'See this through to the end,’ without question," he added.

King Charles' son has recently been involved infour lawsuits against newspaper publishers in the U.K.over allegations of phone hacking and other unlawful acts.

Harry first filed a lawsuit against MGN in 2019, alleging that his phone voics were hacked using unlawful information gathering. MGN denied the allegations. 

Following the December ruling, an MGN spokesperson said in a statement: "We welcome today's judgment that gives the business the necessary clarity to move forward from events that took place many years ago."

"Where historical wrongdoing took place, we apologize unreservedly, have taken full responsibility and paid appropriate compensation," the statement continued.

"Today is a great day for truth as well as accountability," Harry said at the tim -

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e in a statement read outside court by his lawyer David Sherbourne.

"I’ve been told that slaying dragons will get you burned. But in light of today’s victory and the importance of doing what is needed for a free and honest press — it’s a worthwhile price to pay. The mission continues," he added.

Harry still has two ongoing civil cases against the publishers of The Mail and The Sun; both of which deny unlawful information-gathering claims.

Elsewhere in the documentary, Harry also discussed how his fight against the tabloids has played a "central piece" in his ongoing rift with his family.

"I think that's certainly a central piece to it," the Duke of Sussex said during the sit-down. "That's a hard question to answer because anything I say about my family results in a torrent of abuse from the press."

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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 did it as a family," he shared. "I believe that, again, from a service standpoint and when you're in a public role, that these are the things that we should be doing for the greater good. But I'm doing this for my reasons."

Harry has lived in California since he and his wife Meghan Markle stepped back as senior members of the royal family in 2020. The pair share two children together; Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3.

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