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Prince Harry: When the hunted becomes the hunter

As the Duke of Sussex gives evidence against the Daily Mirror Group for alleged illegal information gathering, it’s evident his trauma comes as much from a toxic family dynamic as from a toxic media culture

Harry sees himself as more spinned against than spinning but the evidence of his own words can tell against him. Illustration: Peter Hanan

In November 2019, in the midst of an increasingly bitter falling-out with the royals, Harry Windsor decided to take his family and retreat.

As their destination, he and his wife Meghan Markle chose a spot in Vancouver Island, Canada, that Harry would later describe as “quiet, green, and seemingly remote”.

For a while he, Meghan, their son Archie and their staff lived in relative solitude “right on the edge of a sparkling green forest, with ...