Prince Harry was worried that if he didn’t speak out against the media’s treatment of Duchess Meghan, she would leave him

It’s been alleged that Prince Harry was afraid Meghan Markle might leave him if he didn’t speak out against the media’s treatment of the Duchess.

The Duke of Sussex issued a furious statement in 2016, attacking the media for the coverage of his then girlfriend Meghan and alleging she had been “subject to a wave of abuse and harassment”.

According to reports, Harry instructed his office to issue a statement attacking the media in response to fears Meghan will leave him.

The statement, written by Harry’s communications secretary Jason Knauf, condemned “the racial undertones of comment pieces” and “the outright sexism and racism of social media trolls and web article comments”.

The Duke issued the statement as he was reportedly “freaking out” that Meghan would dump him.

His team are said to have felt no choice but to mount a full-on defence of Meghan – claims denied by a spokeswoman for the couple.

A source told The Times: “It did feel like that if the palace was not able to stand up and support his girlfriend, against some of that disgusting coverage… then who in their right mind would ever consider entering into a relationship [with him] in the future?

“He was very exercised about some of that coverage.

“He definitely felt that if nothing was done to support here, then she would be, ‘I’m not sure this is what I signed up for’.”

Another source told the newspaper: “He was freaking out, saying, ‘she’s going to dump me’.”

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