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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eleanor Noyce

Who is Mr Justice Fancourt, the judge hearing Prince Harry’s phone-hacking case?

AP

As the first senior British royal to give evidence in court in 130 years, Prince Harry arrived a day late for his historic appearance at the High Court in London in his ongoing case against the Daily Mirror’s publisher.

He is suing Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) for damages, arguing that journalists at its titles were linked to methods including phone hacking, so-called “blagging” or gaining information by deception, and use of private investigators for unlawful activities.

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