Before Prince Harry even met Chelsy Davy, the prince had reason to believe that the media did not want to see him fall in love. According to the witness statement that he submitted in the civil suit against MGN, Harry felt that the press had already put him in a box. As the statement reads, "In my experience as a member of the royal family, each of us gets cast into a specific role by the tabloid press ... You're then either the 'playboy prince,' the 'failure,' the 'drop out,' or, in my case, the 'thicko,' the 'cheat,' the 'underage drinker,' the 'irresponsible drug taker,' the list goes on" (via The New York Times).
In Harry's view, the media constructed this caricature of his personality in order to highlight his flaws and sell stories. And, apparently, tabloids were not particularly supportive of Harry on the occasions that his behavior went against the persona that they had built for him. Per the prince, this was particularly obvious whenever he started dating someone. As he explained in his witness statement, "I always felt as if the tabloids wanted me to be single, as I was much more interesting to them and sold more newspapers. Whenever I got into a relationship, they were very keen to report the details but would then, very quickly, seek to try and break it up."
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