• Prince Harry was shocked by the media’s reaction to his romance.
• Headlines such as “Harry’s girl is (almost) straight outta Compton” were common.
• Prince Harry was angry and ashamed.

Prince Harry acknowledges that he was caught off guard by the media’s reaction to his romance with Meghan Markle.

Besides from smothering the Duchess of Sussex with cameras, the British press focused on her race.

In his memoir ‘Spare,’ he writes: “I was shocked, and scolded myself for being shocked. And for being unprepared. I’d been braced for the usual madness, the standard libels, but I hadn’t anticipated this level of unrestrained lying. Above all, I hadn’t been ready for the racism. Both the dog-whistle racism and the glaring, vulgar, in-your-face racism.”

Harry then discusses some of the headlines that have stuck with him throughout the years.

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