Cressida Bonas reveals: Harry “railed against the paparazzi even when there weren’t any”

L’hate of Harry of England towards i paparazzi it is well known. The prince and his wife Meghan Markle several times they have dragged those who dared to steal private photos of their family to court. Harry’s allergy to paparazzi has ancient roots. And painful. Mom Diana was being chased by photographers when she died in a car accident in Paris in 1997, aged just 36. A tragedy that has forever marked the second child. Harry himself, in mental health series The Me You Can’t See, confessed to Oprah Winfrey that for him, between the ages of 28 and 32, leaving home to perform his royal duties was “a real nightmare»: “I was sweating, I had anxiety and panic attacks. Every time I got in the car, and every time I saw a camera, I was freaking out».

A reconstruction confirmed by Cressida Bonas, actress and model, Harry’s last girlfriend before meeting Meghan Markle. The second son of Charles and Diana was linked to Cressida from 27 to 29 years old. So in the midst of what he remembers today as a “nightmare” period. Harry and Cressida separated in friendship, and it has always been said that the intrusion of the media into their relationship was a major factor in their farewell. However, according to the book Battle of Brothers, there might be something more. the author, the real expert Robert Lacey, wrote that Bonas would have been there to escape “Harry’s neurosis towards the media”. Cressida allegedly confided to her friends that Harry “was obsessed with paparazzi”: “He cursed the photographers who were lurking even when it was evident that there were none”.

Lacey’s revelations date back to a few months ago. But now, in light of Harry’s recent TV confessions, they become more understandable: the prince, at that time, was experiencing his darkest period in terms of mental health.

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