LONDON: Prince Harry arrived at London's High Court for an anticipated nine-week trial into claims that a UK newspaper group unlawfully gathered information on him. In the last unresolved case after the British royal brought lawsuits against several UK newspaper publishers, Harry is jointly suing Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL), the publisher of the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday tabloids.
Harry, who is set to take the stand to give evidence on Thursday, entered the Royal Courts of Justice shortly after 10:00am, ahead of the opening of the trial at 10:30am. It is the third and final case brought against a British newspaper publisher by the prince, who is said to see holding the media to account as a personal mission. He has long blamed the media for the death of his mother Princess Diana, killed in a Paris car crash in 1997 while trying to shake off the paparazzi.
The seven accuse Associated Newspapers, publishers of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, of allegedly carrying out or commissioning unlawful activities such as hiring private investigators to place listening devices inside cars. They also allegedly impersonated individuals to obtain medical information — a practice known as blagging — and accessed private phone conversations. — AFP
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