Prince Harry suffered a blow when he lost in court earlier this summer (Image: Getty)
Prince Harry is a “man on the edge” according to one royal commentator. Harry and Meghan have been in the headlines plenty over the past few weeks. The pair’s visit to the UK was widely talked about, even though the meeting with King Charles III and Queen Camilla was behind closed doors. Their moves after the long-awaited reunion have been widely criticised, such as Meghan sharing a post on Instagram featuring a photo of her kids at Althorp Estate, where Princess Diana is buried.
Perhaps the biggest source of controversy for Harry was the loss he suffered in court against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail. Now, Harry and other high-profile claimants face paying millions of pounds towards the legal costs of the company. All the claimants, which also included Elton John and Liz Hurley, lost their case back in July when the High Court judge found that none of their evidence was sufficient.
Prince Harry is no stranger to the headlines in recent weeks (Image: Getty)
The loss was reportedly particularly rough for Harry. One of the Prince’s long-term critics, Neil Sean, said that the 41-year-old Duke is “a man on the edge”.
“What’s interesting is how it’s all brought on by himself,” Sean said in a recent video shared on YouTube. “But really, now he’s making it very public to the rest of the world, as to just how difficult things have become for him over the last few weeks.
“Prince Harry is a man literally on the edge. This does not look a healthy mindsetted man to me.”
He added: “I think this Daily Mail thing has knocked him far more than even he would wish to admit.
“Harry has never dealt with something like this independently. Somebody else would have picked up this mess, whether it be a private secretary or something like that. For Harry now to suddenly find that actually, not everything he touches is golden, is a huge problem.”
One of Harry’s other well-known critics, Mark Dolan, has warned of a financial “Armageddon” for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
“The bottom line is that reputationally it’s a disaster,” he said during an appearance on Royally Unfiltered. “Financially, it’s Armageddon. What is Harry on the hook for?
“Let’s get down to brass tacks. 10, 15, 20 million dollars is what Harry is facing.
“So, if it’s conservatively $10million, let’s be nice, let’s be charitable, then that’s all of the Spare [memoir] money gone in on fell swoop. Has he got the cash? What does Meghan think of this? And where does he go from here? This is an existential crisis for Harry.”