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Saying "everyone has a right to privacy", Harry, who is
fourth in line to the throne, told the BBC he thought it was
"unnecessary" that there was a desire to know "every little bit
of detail about what goes on behind the scenes".
The British royal family has long had a fractious relationship
with the media. Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana, was
often pursued by the press and died in a car crash in 1997 as
she was chased by tabloid photographers.
Harry, 31, told the BBC that the line between his public and
personal life had become almost non-existent.
"We will continue to do our best to ensure that there is the
line," he said in an pre-recorded interview from the United
States, where he is at the Invictus Games, a sporting event for
wounded British, American and allied military personnel.
Harry has on several occasions come under intense media scrutiny
for his party lifestyle, most notably the leak of a video in
2012 showing the grandson of the Queen cavorting with a nude
young woman in a hotel room in Las Vegas.
Critics have often condemned the British tabloids for their
disregard of privacy. But since an inquiry into press ethics was
launched in 2011, more newspapers have refrained from covering
some more personal stories.
(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsy)
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