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Reuters
Reuters
Entertainment
By Michael Holden

Daily Mail publisher urges UK court to reject lawsuit by Harry, Elton John

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, leaves the High Court in London, Britain March 28, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

The High Court in London should throw out a lawsuit brought by Britain's Prince Harry and other individuals alleging phone-hacking and other privacy breaches by The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as the claims come "too late," the lawyer for the tabloids' publisher said on Wednesday.

Harry, the singer Elton John and five other high-profile people are suing publisher Associated Newspapers, alleging they were the victims of "numerous unlawful acts" carried out by the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday journalists or private investigators working on the titles' behalf.

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