Prince Harry has filed legal papers to take the tabloid newspapers The Sun and The Mirror and The Daily Mail to court over the publication of private letters between his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and her father Thomas Markle.
Furthermore, in the legal filings Prince Harry is taking the tabloids to task over hacking his mobile phone when he was a student at Eton College.
This has shocked the press in London, where the tabloid newspapers are located, and a wider debate is ensuing over the relationship between The Royal Family and the Press in the United Kingdom.
Another point being raised is freedom of the press and where this legal action will lead to regarding what can and cannot be printed in relation to members of The Royal Family.
When Prince Harry's mother Princess Diana died in a car accident in a tunnel in Paris in 1997, this cemented his resentment towards the paparazzi who didn't care about the lengths they went to in order to get the "money" shot.
This also transcended towards the press as well who encouraged the paparazzi who sold them the exclusive photos of the rich and famous - including the ever-changing life of Princess Diana once she divorced Prince Charles and was spreading her wings into a new life outside of The Royal Family.
When his mother died in Paris, France there was an agreement between The Royal Family and the Press, which stipulated that the Prince would do prearranged photo shoots for the press and in return they would be left alone to complete their education.
This worked throughout their education and when the Prince left university and pursued their chosen career paths the press took an interest in their lives as growing young men.
Prince William who is the next in line after his father Prince Charles to be King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth realms, has had the most intrusion into his life.
But Prince Harry will not become King, so he has to invent himself and his life role, which in The Royal Family can be a challenge in itself.
When it came to women Prince Harry had a few love interests but marrying into The Royal Family and the publicity that goes with it can be a challenge that most people cannot, or may not, be able to cope and deal with.
However, the British people were delighted that Prince Harry found his feet and met and married American actress Meghan Markle.
But the union presented its first problem when some quarters of the press chose to focus on the fact that Meghan was mixed race.
Prince Harry gallantly protected Meghan from these attacks and issued a statement to the press that people should stop these racial slurs about his fiancé.
The day of the wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was adored and the press coverage like in any other Royal wedding was respectful and favourable to the newly wed couple and The Royal Family.
Despite the strained relationship between the Duchess of Sussex and her father, before and since being married has led to accusations of leaking information to the press in the United States, which in turn travels across the pond
to the United Kingdom.
The birth of baby Archie was another good highlight for the couple and a new Royal baby gave the nation another good piece of news event to raise spirits in the country.
But with the first family foreign visit for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with baby Archie in South Africa saw a private letter the Duchess of Sussex wrote to her father leaked somehow to the press and published in The Sun, The Mirror, and The Daily Mail.
Obliviously Prince Harry has had legal consultations on his options and has decided to as some have been reporting a “one-man war on the press” to include intrusions in his private life, as far back as his schooling days.
The court case could see Prince Harry in the witness stand to give evidence and be crossed examined by the tabloid press lawyers, which will probably be the story of the century, as well as the final decision by a judge.
There will be a tug-of-war between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the tabloids before, during and after this case goes through the courts.