{"id":2354360,"date":"2026-04-01T15:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2354360"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:46:02","slug":"prince-harrys-past-texts-with-journalist-revealed-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-harrys-past-texts-with-journalist-revealed-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry&#8217;s Past Texts With Journalist Revealed in Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Several personal Facebook messages <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/prince-harry\/\"><strong>Prince Harry<\/strong><\/a> previously sent to a journalist have been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/prince-harry-reads-his-1st-texts-with-wife-meghan-markle-details\/\">messages between Harry, now 41,<\/a> and <em>Mail<\/em> on Sunday reporter <strong>Charlotte Griffiths<\/strong> were disclosed to the High Court as part of Harry\u2019s privacy claim against Associated Newspapers Limited. The correspondences occurred between December 2011 and January 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s H, incase u were confused by name and picture!!! X,\u201d Harry allegedly wrote in the first December 4, 2011, message, per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2026\/03\/31\/prince-harry-flirty-messages-movie-snuggles-mail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Telegraph.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Griffiths replied, \u201cHello Mr Mischief\u2026 Did you get home OK slash did you actually find your car and did you beat Arthur down the motorway more importantly?! What a fun weekend of naughtiness \u2013 can\u2019t we all get up to no good in the countryside every weeked [sic] damn it?? Smooches, CG String. Xxx.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-harry-names-will-chelsy-davy-more-in-witness-statement\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-harry-names-will-chelsy-davy-more-in-witness-statement\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Harry Names William, Diana, Ex Chelsy Davy and More in Witness Statement<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tPrince Harry arrived at London\u2019s High Court on Tuesday, June 6, to testify after accusing the publisher of the Daily Mirror of using unlawful methods to write stories about him for years. The 38-year-old prince\u2019s 55-page written witness statement was released on Tuesday as Harry took the stand \u2014 and the lengthy document includes mentions [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Harry responded that it was \u201cwithout doubt the best of those weekends I\u2019ve been to,\u201d adding, \u201cWhat a crowd. Never laughed so much in 24hrs!! Mr mischief? How do I get that title \u2026 l was surely no worse than anyone else!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harry allegedly wrote that he had \u201cserious withdraw[al] symptoms still\u201d but that he had been making \u201cpolite conversation with strange people at a dinner last night.begging them for money for charity! Really fun.not. Hope work isn\u2019t too dull wherever u are?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffiths proposed a team reunion and referred to the lack of banter \u201con the group email front,\u201d the outlet wrote. Ten days later, Harry told Griffiths that she had \u201cmissed a good party last night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a January 22, 2012, text message, Griffiths referred to Harry as \u201cH Bomb\u201d and wrote, \u201cWe missed you so much at Arthur\u2019s last week.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-harry-smiles-after-testifying-again-in-phone-hacking-trial\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Legal-Expert-Says-Prince-Harry-Is-Likely-to-Receive-Significant-Damages-From-Phone-Hacking-Lawsuit.jpg?crop=240px%2C193px%2C1729px%2C977px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Legal Expert Says Prince Harry Is Likely to Receive Significant Damages From Phone Hacking Lawsuit\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Legal-Expert-Says-Prince-Harry-Is-Likely-to-Receive-Significant-Damages-From-Phone-Hacking-Lawsuit.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-harry-smiles-after-testifying-again-in-phone-hacking-trial\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Prince Harry Is All Smiles After 2nd Day of Phone Hacking Trial Testimony<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tZUMAPRESS.com\/MEGA Royally unbothered? Prince Harry was all smiles leaving court after his second day of testifying in his phone hacking trial. The Duke of Sussex, 38, waved to reporters and cameras dressed in a navy suit and gray tie while walking out of London\u2019s High Court on Wednesday, June 7. The prince\u2019s lawsuit against the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Duke responded: \u201cI WISH I was there sugar but unfortunately stuck in Cornwall doing Army stuff \ud83d\ude41 Otherwise I would have been there playing and then drinking u under the table,obvi!! Just wish I could have been there \u2026 especially now that you\u2019re there! Dou ever work?!!\u2026. Hope you\u2019re really well Griff \u2026 Miss our movie snuggles!! I\u2019m off comms all week incase u think I\u2019m being rude,keep me posted xxx xxx xxx.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In January, Harry told the court that he met Griffiths once at a party and \u201ccut off contact\u201d with her the next day when he realized she was a journalist.<\/p>\n<p>The trial came to a close on Tuesday, March 31, with barristers making closing submissions to <strong>Mr. Justice Nicklin.<\/strong> He will deliver his ruling at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>Griffiths, for her part, told the High Court last month that she had been in similar social circles as the younger royals. She noted that Harry \u201cfriended\u201d her on Facebook in 2011 and sent his phone number before they interacted online.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-harry-jokes-about-sharing-trial-evidence-with-kids-report\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Prince-Harry-Jokes-About-FaceTiming-Meghan-Markle-Kids-in-Court-165.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1709px%2C965px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Prince-Harry-Jokes-About-FaceTiming-Meghan-Markle--Kids-in-Court-165\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Prince-Harry-Jokes-About-FaceTiming-Meghan-Markle-Kids-in-Court-165.jpg?quality=78&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-harry-jokes-about-sharing-trial-evidence-with-kids-report\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Prince Harry Jokes About Sharing Trial Evidence With Kids: Report<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGA Lightening the mood? Prince Harry reportedly cracked a joke about sharing evidence from his lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers with his children. After taking the stand to testify against the media company on Tuesday, June 6, Harry, 38, was instructed not to share confidential evidence from the trial when he returns home [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Griffiths claimed that she and Harry attended a party the following June and texted each other the next morning. She alleged to have remembered the night because they thought it was \u201cquite funny\u201d Harry had stayed up all night before attending a Trooping the Colour event the next morning. The outlet reported that call data showed the two speaking at 2:50 a.m. and exchanging three text messages the next morning.<\/p>\n<p>Harry, however, said he had \u201cno idea\u201d whether she was in his social circles and continued to claim he had only met Griffiths at a party hosted by their mutual friend. He noted that he \u201chad words\u201d with his friend when she realized he was a journalist and \u201cthat was that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Years after the alleged correspondences, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/meghan-markle-reads-her-harry-wedding-speech-in-harry-meghan\/\">Harry tied the knot<\/a> with <strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong> in 2018. The pair welcomed son Prince Archie and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/meghan-markle-kisses-daughter-lilibet-4-in-rare-pic\/\">daughter Princess Lilibet<\/a> in 2019 and 2021, respectively.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several personal Facebook messages Prince Harry previously sent to a journalist have been revealed. The messages between Harry, now 41, and Mail on Sunday reporter Charlotte Griffiths were disclosed to the High Court as part of Harry\u2019s privacy claim against Associated Newspapers Limited. The correspondences occurred between December 2011 and January 2012. \u201cIt\u2019s H, incase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2354101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21738,22091],"class_list":["post-2354360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-news","tag-the-royals"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Valleys-Zack-Warns-Theres-More-Amanda-West-Drama.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2354361,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354360\/revisions\/2354361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}