Prince Harry leaves a London court after giving evidence on June 7, 2023.Photo:Carl Court/Getty
Carl Court/Getty
The latest update onPrince Harry’s litigation against tabloids using deceptive methods to break stories includes his late mother,Princess Diana.
Harry’s lawyer, David Sherborne, said during a three-day hearing at the High Court in London this week that the phone tapping resulted in private information about Prince Harry being revealed dating back to when he was just 9, according to the AP.
Prince William, Princess Diana and Prince Harry in 1997.Anwar Hussein/Getty
Anwar Hussein/Getty
A judgedismissed another claimrelated to phone hacking over the summer, ruling that Prince Harry was aware of the tapping atNews of the Worldand could have brought his case sooner. In the U.K., claimants usually have six years after a privacy breach to take action.
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However, the Duke of Sussexsaid in a witness statementin another lawsuit against Associated Newspapers Ltd. that he had to follow the royal family’s policy of “never complain, never explain” when dealing with the media, adding that information was withheld from him.
“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,” he said.
“It is not an exaggeration to say that the bubble burst in terms of what I knew in 2020 when I moved out of the United Kingdom,” Harry added, referring to when he and his wife,Meghan Markle, relocated to her home state of California after stepping back as working members of the royal family.
Prince Harry arrives at London court to give evidence on June 7, 2023.Neil Mockford/GC Images
Neil Mockford/GC Images
In recent years, Prince Harry has beeninvolved in four lawsuitsagainst U.K. tabloids, alleging phone hacking, illegal information gathering and libel.
The Duke of Sussex made history last year when hegave evidence from the witness standin his case against Mirror Group Newspapers as he became the first prominent member of the British royal family to give evidence in court in 130 years. The last royal family member to do so was King Edward VII, who testified as a witness in an 1870 divorce case and again in an 1890 slander trial over a card game, both taking place before he acceded to the throne.
source: people.com
