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Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

Prince Harry takes to the witness box

Published on: 7 June, 2023
Prince Harry and his wife are involved in other lawsuits against British tabloid newspapers/Aljazeera.

Prince Harry and his wife are involved in other lawsuits against British tabloid newspapers/Aljazeera.

Prince Harry is taking to the witness box for a second day and give evidence in a civil case against Mirror Group Newspapers, over the use of phone hacking to obtain private details which were then published.
It is the first time since the 19th century that a senior royal has given evidence as a witness in a civil case.
The Duke of Sussex alleges that dozens of news stories that appeared in the Daily Mirror, the Sunday Mirror, and People newspapers were obtained through illegal activity.
The articles, published between 1995 and 2011, give details about his relationship with his family, an ex-girlfriend, his military service, and allegations of drug use.
He is one of a group of claimants whose phone-hacking claims against the Mirror publisher are being tested in this trial at the High Court in London.
The Mirror Group denies the allegations, some of which relate to when Piers Morgan was the editor of the Mirror
newspaper.
Prince Harry and his wife are involved in other lawsuits against British tabloid newspapers.

Aljazeera.