FILE - In this Thursday, March 17, 2016 file photo, actress Meghan Markle participates in AOL\'s BUILD Speaker Series to discuss her role on the television show Pittsburgh Penguins Jersey , "Suits", in New York. Britain\'s Prince Harry has condemned racist abuse and harassment of his girlfriend Meghan Markle in the media, issuing a highly unusual statement Tuesday Nov. 8, 2016, that confirmed the relationship and expressed concern for her safety. (Photo by Evan AgostiniInvisionAP, File)
The condemnation was the latest in an often uneasy dance between Britain's royals and an international press hungry for any tidbit about royal scandal or courtship. Both Harry and his brother Jakub Voracek Jersey , Prince William, have spoken candidly about their distrust of the media: Their mother, Princess Diana, died in a 1997 car accident while being pursued by paparazzi, and William's wife, Kate Shayne Gostisbehere Jersey , was relentlessly scrutinized for years before the couple married in 2011.
It looks like nothing has changed.
Kensington Palace described how journalists tried to break into Markle's home, how newspapers offered "substantial bribes" to her ex-boyfriend, and said nearly everyone she knows has been bombarded for information. Markle's mother couldn't even get to her front door without jostling reporters.
"What is extraordinary about this letter is the level of ethical conduct breaches it details," said Steven Barnett, a communications professor at the University of Westminster. "You have to feel something for Harry, who is presumably thinking of his mother and what she had to put up with."
Markle Claude Giroux Jersey , 35, is best known for her role as a feisty paralegal in the U.S. television drama "Suits."
Many tabloids alluded to her mixed-race heritage — she has an African-American mother and a white father. One Daily Mail headline described her ancestors as "a tailor, a teacher and a cleaner in racially-divided Jim Crow South." Another dubbed her a "saucy divorcee."
The Daily Mirror linked Markle with an online pornography site, saying clips of her from "Suits" featured on the adult site.
Markle has so far not responded, but has in the past written about how she came to terms with being a "biracial woman."
"While my mixed heritage may have created a gray area surrounding my self-identification, keeping me with a foot on both sides of the fence Nolan Patrick Jersey , I have come to embrace that," she wrote in an essay for Elle magazine in 2015.
Royal officials said the harassment has "been very public," citing "the smear on the front page of a national newspaper; the racial undertones of comment pieces; and the outright sexism and racism of social media trolls and web article comments."
Harry said the commentators will say this is "the price she has to pay" and "this is all part of the game." But, the palace said, Harry "strongly disagrees."
"This is not a game — it is her life and his," the statement said.