Prince Harry says he was ashamed of having ‘the kissing disease’ in 2002: The impact on me was huge

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, recently spoke about having suffered from glandular fever or ‘mono’ in 2002. It is a common disease spread through saliva in late teens and early 20s. The Duke of Sussex revealed his ‘kissing disease’ made headlines which left him feeling embarrassed. At a court hearing on Tuesday, the Duke of Sussex recalled the huge stigma surrounding mono that he suffers from.

Prince Harry says he is ashamed of having the ‘kissing disease’

Prince Harry recently shared his health scare at the time, saying: “The impact on me was huge.” He slammed a UK-based publishing group for making his health scare public. He continued that he was “not sure how anyone outside his immediate family found out” about it. The Duke of Sussex said: “The whole school seemed to know, nobody would go to me and I was a bit of a laughing stock. I was sad.

The former military pilot said he was teased endlessly after the tabloids made sure the entire country knew about his diagnosis. Prince Harry also accused a leading newspaper of hacking his phone and leaking information. On June 6, he shared a statement saying, “The newspapers regularly published articles about me that were often inaccurate but interspersed with bits of truth, which I now believe is most likely from voicemail interception and/or illegal information gathering.” However, the company’s lawyer, Andrew Green, alleged that the information about Prince Harry was ‘disclosed by or on behalf of the Royal Family to the Royal Family.’

Prince Harry’s past relationships were blasted by the media

Meanwhile, Duke said the media was ready to destroy every relationship she had in order to keep her alone. In one instance, Prince Harry explained that the media had planted the seeds of mistrust between him and older brother Prince Williams by covering up their disagreement over whether or not to meet Princess Diana’s former butler.

Not only this but other topics were also discussed including how the alleged publication covered up the controversy over Harry dressing up as a Nazi during a party. Press coverage affected his relationship with Chelsy Davy, causing him to worry that he might be expelled from Eton College for allegedly taking drugs.

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