Prince Harry's war with the British tabloids continues. He will testify before the High Court in London
Prince Harry, engaged in a legal battle against the tabloids, will testify on January 22 in front of British justice, as part of his trial against the editor of the Daily Mail, according to the draft calendar of the hearings consulted on Thursday by AFP.
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The youngest son of King Charles III, along with six other personalities, including the singer Elton John and the actress Elizabeth Hurley, are suing the group Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), which they accuse of illegally obtaining information about their private lives.
The trial, which would last nine weeks, will begin on Monday in front of the High Court in London, according to the News.
The prince has sued several tabloids in recent years, and this suit is expected to be the latest in his legal crusade against Britain's powerful tabloid press.
Harry, who lives in California with his wife Meghan and their two children, is expected to attend the first two days of the trial, then will give evidence in the morning and afternoon sessions on January 22.
Elton John will take the stand on February 5, according to the tentative schedule.
The seven stars accuse the editor of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday of using private detectives to install listening devices in their cars and homes, listening in and recording their phone conversations and paying police officers to gain access to confidential information, mainly between 1993 and 2011, as well as in 2018.
ANL “vehemently deny” these accusations, which he qualified in the past as “absurd”.
It will be the second time the 41-year-old prince will testify in court in his fight against the tabloids.
In 2023, he testified against the publisher of the Daily Mirror (MGN), becoming the first member of the royal family to testify in court in over a hundred years.
He obtained the conviction of MGN for articles originating from the hacking of telephone messages. The group was ordered to pay him £140,600 (€162,140).
A year ago, he won damages and interest, as well as an apology from the publisher of The Sun newspaper, who admitted he had violated his right to privacy.
The prince, who retired from the royal family in 2020 after his departure from Britain, saw his father in September, the first meeting in a year and a half.
