Prince Harry rips Daily Mail for ‘ruthless’ Diana-like campaign against Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle is suing the owner of the Daily Mail for publishing a private letter she wrote to her estranged father following her 2018 nuptials.

In a scathing statement Tuesday announcing the lawsuit, husband Prince Harry accused the “British tabloid press” of waging a “ruthless campaign” against his wife that echoed the treatment of his mother, Princess Diana.

“I cannot begin to describe how painful it has been,” the Duke of Sussex wrote, declaring he would no longer be a “silent witness to her private suffering.”

“I’ve seen what happens when someone I love is commoditized to the point that they are no longer treated or seen as a real person,” Harry, 35, wrote.

“I lost my mother and now I watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces.”

The statement issued on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s official website came as Markle initiated legal proceedings against the Mail on Sunday — sister paper to the Daily Mail — and its parent company, Associated Newspapers.

The suit, filed in the British High Court, alleges the tabloid acted unlawfully in February this year when it published an anguished five-page letter Markle wrote to her father — accusing him of breaking her heart into “a million pieces” by giving interviews to the press.

“Daddy, it is with a heavy heart that I write this, not understanding why you have chosen to take this path, turning a blind eye to the pain you are causing,” Meghan, 38, wrote in August 2018.

A spokesperson from Schillings, the law firm representing the royal couple, said the tabloid misused private information and infringed on Markle’s copyright.

“Given the refusal of Associated Newspapers to resolve this issue satisfactorily, we have issued proceedings to redress this breach of privacy, infringement of copyright and the aforementioned media agenda,” the statement read.

The suit is being privately funded by the couple, who have vowed to donate proceeds from any damages to an anti-bullying charity.

Prince Harry said the couple were advocates for media freedom but said “to do nothing would be contrary to everything we believe in.”

“There comes a point when the only thing to do is to stand up to this behavior, because it destroys people and destroys lives,” he wrote.

“We thank you, the public, for your continued support. It is hugely appreciated. Although it may not seem like it, we really need it.”