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It seems like the British tabloids just can't get enough of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Even after the Sussexes moved to California in hopes of gaining more privacy and protecting their family from intrusive press coverage, certain outlets like the Daily Mail and Telegraph remain obsessed with finding any tidbit of information they can about Harry and Meghan's lives. Their most recent efforts to do so in the lead up to Harry's 40th birthday were truly disturbing and invasive.
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As Harry approaches his 40th birthday later this year, both the Daily Mail and Telegraph reportedly sent representatives to Montecito, California where Harry and Meghan currently reside, in a desperate attempt to uncover details about Harry's private life. Can you imagine reporters flying across the globe and staking out someone's neighborhood, just to spy on their day-to-day activities? It's unacceptable. Their efforts to harass Harry's neighbors asking invasive questions clearly shows how far these journalists are willing to go for a story about the Sussexes.
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What makes their antics even more embarrassing is that these same tabloids have repeatedly labeled Harry and Meghan as "irrelevant" since they moved away from royal duties in the UK. Yet the Daily Mail went so far as to run an article titled "Inside Harry's glitzy Montecito world as he turns 40", posing the ridiculous question "What does Prince Harry do all day?". If they truly think Harry is irrelevant, why are they so obsessed with what fills his daily schedule? As someone who read the article pointed out, it contained nothing of substance and was just another "jealous" hit piece because the tabloids don't actually know what Harry and Meghan are up to.
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The sheer volume of coverage British outlets dedicate to Harry and Meghan paints a very different picture than their claims of irrelevance. In fact, the Sussexes are consistently front page news. The Daily Mail and others are clearly still intensely focused on them, enough to cross continents "in search of any story". Compare this constant attention to the lack of media pursuing other royal family members like when Catherine went missing for 6 months with no questions asked. Or the royals' frequent private vacations without a reporter in sight.
Strangely, the British press' quest to stalk Harry and Meghan isn't limited to California either. Reporters from UK tabloids have traveled as far as Nigeria and Colombia on the off chance of finding the Sussexes during visits to high-risk countries they've condemned. All this effort shows that versions of Harry and Meghan as "irrelevant" sell more papers than reality. The tabloids see financial incentive in keeping them as constant headline news, even if through invasive and harassing coverage.
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A clear example was ITV newsreader Matt Wilkinson admittedly flying to both Montecito and Germany during the Invictus Games just to spy on Harry and Meghan, looking disappointed he couldn't get unauthorized photos. Pursuing someone across multiple continents is utterly embarrassing and raises important questions about why these journalists are expending so much energy tracking down a supposedly "irrelevant" couple.
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At the end of the day, it shouldn't even matter what Harry spends his time doing each day as a private citizen. But the constant speculation and neighborhood interrogations meant to uncover intimate details of his private life are certainly crossing a line into harassment. As someone who has dedicated his life to public service, Harry now has every right to live freely without such relentless intrusion.
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If the tabloids were genuinely interested in the British royal family, they would be focused on significant working royals like Prince Charles and Camilla who rely on public funds rather than continuously stalking Harry and Meghan who pay their own way. All of this obsessive press pursuit just goes to prove how relevant the Sussex brand remains - more so than some try to claim. Rather than lying about their interests or importance, journalists should respect Harry and Meghan's privacy and right to live as private individuals. Hopefully appropriate actions can be taken to curb these journalists' disturbing pattern of harassment going forward.
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