Prince Harry arrives at High Court for battle with MGN over phone hacking
The cross-examination of Prince Harry has begun at the High Court in London as he gives evidence in his landmark case against the Daily Mirror’s publisher over alleged unlawful information gathering.
The Duke of Sussex is suing Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) for damages, claiming journalists at its titles – which also include the Sunday Mirror and Sunday People – were linked to methods including phone hacking, so-called “blagging” or gaining information by deception, and use of private investigators for unlawful activities.
The duke had been expected to arrive at court on Monday but is not testifying on Tuesday, becoming the first prince to appear in court for 130 years.
David Sherborne, acting for Harry, said the duke’s relationship with his brother, the Prince of Wales, suffered “mistrust” because of articles published by the Mirror publisher, the court heard on Monday.
This comes as it has been revealed Harry is battling on another front as his US visa is set to be challenged in court after he admitted illegal drug use in his memoir Spare.
