Princess Kate was subject to frenzied paparazzi harassment for six years in which she did not have police protection because she was yet to marry Prince William . Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have regularly spoken about their mistreatment at the hands of Britain's tabloid press, though less attention has been paid to a particularly difficult period in Kate's pre-royal life. For example, Meghan said during her Oprah Winfrey interview in March 2021 that the media were "rude" to Kate but that