particular the tabloid press. something else in his statement, prince something else in his statement, prince harry says that tabloid attention has had a devastating, as you mentioned, a devastating impact on our you mentioned, a devastating impact on our mental health and well being. i am assuming he is referring to his wife, i am assuming he is referring to his wife, meghan markle. he also says in the statement that the vile , that is his the statement that the vile , that is his word the statement that the vile , that is his word - the statement that the vile , that is his word vile behaviour had him in a spirat is his word vile behaviour had him in a spirat let is his word vile behaviour had him in a spiral. let me read you a couple in a spiral. let me read you a couple of in a spiral. let me read you a couple of quotes of what he has said in this couple of quotes of what he has said in this statement. in the witness statement, he says, as a teenager and
the moment about that distress that prince harry says it cost. prince harry says it cost. just to round it out. prince harry says it cost. just to round it out, if prince harry says it cost. just to round it out, if you prince harry says it cost. just to round it out, if you could - prince harry says it cost. just to round it out, if you could just i prince harry says it cost. just to l round it out, if you could just put into context what the witness statement does in these proceedings and what else we can expect to happen today. de and what else we can expect to happen today- and what else we can expect to hauentoda. , ,, , ., happen today. de witness statement is a written document happen today. de witness statement is a written document that happen today. de witness statement is a written document that is - is a written document that is produced is a written document that is produced by prince harry. you will have produced by prince harry. you will have written it, t
particularly at home with cross examination and an ability to put unrulyjudges back in their boxes. in other words, put unrulyjudges back in their boxes. in otherwords, he put unrulyjudges back in their boxes. in other words, he is a tough cross examiner. prince harry has made his own views clear any statement we have been reading extracts from, but now he is on his own, now he has got to respond to people, the council for mirror group newspapers, who are challenging what he has said in the comments i have read out to you. that requires not only a knowledge of all the evidence thatis only a knowledge of all the evidence that is in this lengthy statement and ability to think on your feet, and ability to think on your feet, and ability to respond to probing questions, this is going to go on all day. questions, this is going to go on all da . ., , questions, this is going to go on allda. ~, , ., questions, this is going to go on allda . ., , , ., ., all day. finally, before we leave ou, a
press has been hostile to him since birth. but we can expect the cross examination to be much more clinical, much more probing, much more incisive, so we wait to see what happens with that. we will continue to bring you details as they come in from the courtroom. back to you. they come in from the courtroom. itack to you- they come in from the courtroom. back to you. nancy, thank you very much indeed- with more on this, let s speak to the legal analyst joshua rozenberg. he s in the newsroom. joshua, you have been poring over prince harry s witness statement. there are some key lines in that. take us through. there are some key lines in that. take us through. what is interesting is his thoughts take us through. what is interesting is his thoughts on take us through. what is interesting is his thoughts on the take us through. what is interesting is his thoughts on the media. - take us through. what is interesting is his thoughts on the media. he - is his thoughts on the media.