Although the endless mocking and criticism from Piers Morgan probably hasn’t earned him much grace in Prince Harry’s eyes, the brunt of their bad blood stems from Harry’s lawsuit against several British tabloids, whom he claims forfeited his privacy for content. As People detailed, as of December 2023, Prince Harry had four lawsuits running against several British publishing companies for illegally accessing his phone records to gather information for their stories. So far, Prince Harry has won his case against Mirror Group Newspapers, which owns a variety of publications, including the Daily Mirror, which Morgan edited for nearly a decade from 1995 to 2004.
During the trial, in June 2023, Harry accused Morgan of attacking him to influence the outcome. “Unfortunately, as a consequence of me bringing my Mirror Group claim, both myself and my wife have been subjected to a barrage of horrific personal attacks and intimidation from Piers Morgan … presumably in retaliation and in the hope that I will back down, before being able to hold him properly accountable for his unlawful activity … ” said Harry (via Newsweek).
Prince Harry also name-dropped Morgan via his lawyer after winning the lawsuit. “The court had found that the Mirror Group’s principal board directors, their legal department, senior executives, and editors such as Piers Morgan, clearly knew about or were involved in these illegal activities,” said the statement (via Yahoo News UK).
