Prince Harry begins visit to the UK as ruling expected in court battle with Daily Mail publisher – latest updates
Ruling expected in Prince Harry’s court battle with Daily Mail publisher
Prince Harry will find out the result of a court case he and others brought against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), publishers of the Daily Mail, a British tabloid newspaper, at about 2pm BST (9am EDT).
The long-running case centres on claims of unlawful information-gathering.
As my colleague notes in this story, these include allegations of voicemail interception, landline tapping and obtaining information by deception – also known as “blagging” – carried out by private investigators, freelance journalists and ANL staff.
Prince Harry, also known as the Duke of Sussex, claims 14 articles published by ANL were based on unlawful information gathering.
Lawyers acting on his behalf said the stories were written between 2001 and 2013 – and “focus primarily and in a highly intrusive and damaging way, on the relationships which he formed, or rather tried to form, during those years prior to meeting his now wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex”.
ANL has strongly denied wrongdoing and is defending the claim, along with cases brought by others including Elton John, his husband David Furnish and campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence, whose 18-year-old son Stephen was killed in a racist attack in south London in 1993.
Prince Harry, who lives with his family in the US, arrived in London alone on Monday to begin a week of engagements that happen to coincide with the High Court ruling.
Harry’s wife Meghan, son, Archie, 7, and daughter, Lilibet, 5, did not travel with him because of security concerns. Stay with us as we bring you all the latest developments throughout the day.
