
"Democracy fails when your press fails to scrutinize and hold the government accountable, and instead choose to get into bed with them so they can ensure the status quo." "On a national level, at the moment, our country is judged globally by the state of our press and our government, both of which I believe are at rock bottom," his statement said. The prince has accused the government of being "scared" to hold the press accountable and launched a tirade against both of them in his testimony. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Prince Harry's memoir hits bookstore shelves It was a downward spiral," he said, saying the reporting had been "utterly vile." "As a teenager and in my early 20s, I ended up feeling as though I was playing up to a lot of the headlines and stereotypes that they wanted to pin on me. "You're then either the 'playboy prince', the 'failure', the 'dropout' or, in my case, the 'thicko', the 'cheat', the 'underage drinker', the 'irresponsible drug taker', the list goes on." "How much more blood will stain their typing fingers before someone can put a stop to this madness," he said in a witness statement. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, told the court he had been caricaturized by the press in a negative light and that it had damaged his mental health. Harry, who is suing a British tabloid publisher for illegal information-gathering, told London's High Court he had suffered "press invasion most of my life up until this day." The 38-year-old has a turbulent relationship with the press, holding newspapers and paparazzi responsible for the death of his mother Princess Diana. UK royals usually follow the same practice as the monarch, who as Britain's head of state is supposed to be above politics. In a break with protocol, the fifth-in-line to the throne also condemned the British government and press for failing to hold one another to account. The earth wire provides an alternative path for the current.Prince Harry on Tuesday became the first UK royal in more than a century to give evidence in court - and accused some British newspapers of having blood on their hands. Without an earth wire, electricity could begin to flow through the metal casing if a fault developed. This makes it safer to touch the appliance if it develops a fault.Īn earth wire is essential for any appliance with a metal case. The earth wire is a safety wire that is needed for earth appliances with a metal case. Conductors connected to this reference point (Neutral) should, normally, be non-current carrying conductors, sized to handle momentary faults ( short circuits) occurring in electrical equipment. Neutral wire provides a return path for current back to the power source and completes the circuit.Ī neutral represents a reference point within an electrical distribution system. Neutral is the wire that has zero potential. If you touch it, you may complete a circuit between the live wire and the earth (because you’ll be standing on the floor), so you get a shock. the switch is open), the live wire can still be dangerous. A shock or fire would be highly likely.Įven if a circuit is switched off (i.e. The live wire is the most dangerous one since it has a high voltage, it should never touch the earth wire (unless the insulation is between them) because this would make a complete circuit from your mains supply to the ground (earth). For a complete circuit, the live conductor requires a neutral conductor to carry the current back to the power source.


It is also called hot wire or phase wire.

It means it carries the high voltage and delivers it to the appliance. The live is the wire that has a high potential. After reading the article, you will easily understand their differences. Let’s have a look at the definitions and functions of live, neutral, and earth wires. Each of the wires in a cable performs a specific function. An electrical cable usually contains three copper wires.
