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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Alexandra Topping Media editor

Judge rejects Sun publisher’s bid to delay Prince Harry phone-hacking case

Head and shoulders shot of Prince Harry with people behind him
Prince Harry leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in London after a hearing in March 2023. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Prince Harry has won the latest bout of his long-running legal battle with the publisher of the Sun after a high court judge rejected an application to delay the trial.

News Group Newspapers (NGN) had applied to push back the trial for alleged unlawful information gathering – which is scheduled for January next year – to allow the court to examine whether claims of unlawful news gathering by Harry and 41 others were brought too late.

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