Prince Harry, Elton John Arrive at U K. Court for Lawsuit Trial

Other plaintiffs include John's husband, David Furnish, and actresses Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost, who was also in court. Harry sat near the rear of the court and took notes as attorneys discussed preliminary matters. Prince Harry alleges in a much-anticipated new memoir that his brother Prince William lashed out and physically attacked him during a furious argument over the brothers’ deteriorating relationship. In a new interview published after his tell-all memoir Spare, Prince Harry expresses concern about the futures of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s children.
Several journalists were convicted, and Murdoch's company paid millions in damages to dozens of hacking victims. Harry’s trip to the UK is the first time he has been in the country since the release of his memoir Spare and his Netflix TV series, both of which spectacularly lifted the lid on his life as a royal. In his memoir, he detailed how he was attacked by William during an argument in 2019. Harry - King Charles' son, who with his wife Meghan stepped down from royal duties two years ago - says the Mail on Sunday published an "unremittingly negative" article about his ongoing case against the Home Office. Prince Harry has won the first stage of a libel suit against the publisher of Britain’s Mail on Sunday newspaper.

The circus surrounding the royal’s arrival at the high court on the Strand in central London sometimes obscured what was actually going on in Court 76. During an exchange with attorney Sherborne, he suggested that if it did allow a trial, it would be "massive" and could last a "substantial period of time". The judge, Matthew Nicklin, said he would reserve judgment until a later date on whether the case should proceed to trial, and is not expected to rule for some weeks. On Wednesday, the couple also shared that they'd christened their daughter, Princess Lilibet Diana, confirming a change in her royal title, and an expected change for their son, Archie, as well. Lilibet was born last June in Santa Barbara, California, making her the first senior royal baby born in the U.S., and the first great-grandchild of the queen to be born outside of the U.K.
The family's current security situation is similar to that of Harry's late mother Princess Diana who had to rely on private security protection after her divorce from Harry's father Prince Charles in 1996. The 38-year-old prince wants to pay personally for police security when he comes to Britain, but the government said that wasn’t possible. Last year, a judge gave Harry permission tosue the government.That case has yet to come to trial. Harry's presence at the High Court in London is a sign of the importance he attaches to the case, one of several lawsuits the Duke of Sussex has brought against the media.

The lawsuit is one of several brought by the Duke of Sussex in his battle against the press. It alleges the company's newspapers, which also include The Mail on Sunday, commissioned the “breaking and entry into private property,” and hired private investigators to illegally bug homes and cars and to record phone conversations. The statement further alleged ANL hired private investigators to place listening devices on the claimant’s homes and cars. It also claimed that people were hired to “surreptitiously” listen into and record their private phone calls, and that police officials were paid for sensitive information. The caseis one of several brought by the Duke of Sussex in his battle with the press and alleges the publisher hired private investigators to illegally bug homes and cars and to record phone conversations.
The hearing will not require oral evidence, making Harry’s appearance at court even more unusual. Despite the ongoing legal battle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have continued to visit the U.K. In June, they traveled there with their children, Archie Harrison, 3, and  Lilibet "Lili" Diana, 13 months, forQueen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebration. Their daughter celebrated her first birthday during the trip, her first in the country. Harry and Meghan, who are often seen with bodyguards in public, and the Royal family have not disclosed what security arrangements were granted to the family.
Monday’s hearing is not expected to hear from any of the famous claimants accusing the Mail and its sister publications of phone-tapping and other breaches of privacy. Prince Harry claimed Mail on Sunday's implication that the Duke of Sussex lied in his initial statements regarding the security lawsuit libeled him. In his statement of claim, Harry says Mulcaire, through former News of the World executive Greg Miskiw, provided “unlawfully or illegally obtained information” and offered a “menu of illegal services” to an employee of the Mail on Sunday. "The Institution was without a doubt withholding information from me for a long time about NGN's phone hacking and that has only become clear in recent years as I have pursued my own claim with different legal advice and representation." Media outlets said Harry was not expected to see his father or his older brother William, the Prince of Wales, during his visit to the U.K.

The Duke of Sussex is one of several public figures whose lawsuits against Mirror Group Newspapers will be considered at the trial. Brooks is a former editor of The Sun and the News of the World, and resigned as CEO of News International in 2011 at the height of the phone hacking scandal, before being re-installed as CEO of News UK in 2015. The source said they did not have detailed knowledge of the complaint lodged by Harry and were basing their speculation on previous legal actions by other claimants. He denied phone hacking at the Leveson Inquiry into the ethics of news-gathering in the British press. According to court documents, legal representatives for the Home Office said in a written statement that personal tensions between Harry and royal officials are "irrelevant" to his change in status after his step back from royal duties.
The publisher is also seeking to have evidence of payments to investigators barred from being used by claimants because it was protected by confidentiality rules when it was turned over by the publisher to a government inquiry into media law breaking. Justice Matthew Nicklin said there was a difference between applying time limits to discovery of the alleged unlawful information gathering and the articles that resulted from some of those acts. The publisher  denied the allegations and has argued that lawsuits based on alleged incidents dating as far back as 1993 should be thrown out because the cases were not filed within a six-year limitation period. Prince Harry and the others say they have "compelling and highly distressing evidence" that they fell victim to "abhorrent criminal activity and gross breaches of privacy," according to a press release announcing the lawsuit. High court for a privacy lawsuit against ANL In his first known trip to the United Kingdom since the Queen's funeral, Prince Harry attended a High Court hearing.
In court documents released on Monday, Harry claims his brother William was among the targets of a private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, who worked for both Mail newspapers in 2005 and 2006. “Other newspaper groups emphatically denied phone hacking or any unlawful information gathering, but have had to pay millions in damages and costs,” Heffer said. None of the claimants are expected to speak during the four-day hearing, according to a press release from Hamlins, one of the law firms involved. She now says she feels betrayed by the publisher after being informed of allegations it tasked private investigators to tap her phones and monitor her bank accounts, with Sherborne saying it amounted to "nothing short of gaslighting".