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Clooney and his wife Amal attended Meghan's
wedding to Prince Harry, Diana's son, last year when the
American actress became the newest addition to the British royal
family.
The Duchess of Sussex as she is now known, is expecting her
first child, something that has intensified already huge media
interest.
"They're just chasing Meghan Markle everywhere, she's been
pursued and vilified," Clooney told Australian magazine WHO.
"She's a woman who is seven months pregnant and she has been
pursued and vilified and chased in the same way that Diana was
and it's history repeating itself," Clooney said.
Last weekend, some media published details of an intimate letter
they said Meghan has sent her estranged father.
"I can't tell you how frustrating that is," Clooney said.
"Just seeing them broadcast a letter from a daughter to a
father, she's getting a raw deal there and I think it's
irresponsible and I'm surprised by that."
Last month, five of Meghan's close friends told People magazine
the duchess had endured "lies and untruths" and "global
bullying" and they worried how this would affect her and her
baby.
In 2016, shortly after their relationship became public, Prince
Harry issued a rare statement criticizing the media for
intruding into Meghan's private life, saying the press had
subjected her to "a wave of abuse and harassment".
Harry and his elder brother Prince William, the second in line
to the throne, have had a strained relationship with the press
since their mother, Princess Diana, was killed in a car crash in
Paris in 1997 while being chased by paparazzi on motorbikes.
(Writing by Alexandra Hudson; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
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