7 months ago
Prince Harry Sues Daily Mail for Unlawful Acts
Prince Harry and other famous people are in court because they say the Daily Mail newspaper did bad things to them.
They think the newspaper hacked phones, bugged landlines, and tricked people to get private information.
Harry says this has been scary for his family and has caused problems in his relationships.
The newspaper says they didn't do anything wrong and that the people suing them are trying to reopen old issues.
Harry has had other legal cases against different newspapers and has already won some of them.
He is going to give evidence in court to explain what happened.
Prince Harry and other public figures are suing Associated Newspapers for alleged unlawful information gathering and phone hacking.
The trial, which started on Monday, is expected to last up to nine weeks.
Harry and the other claimants allege that the Daily Mail engaged in hacking voicemail, bugging landlines, and obtaining private information by deception.
Associated Newspapers denies wrongdoing and says the lawsuits should have been brought sooner.
Harry is due to give evidence on Thursday, marking his second time testifying in a court case against British tabloids.
- Who
- Prince Harry, Elton John, David Furnish, Liz Hurley, Sadie Frost, Doreen Lawrence, Simon Hughes, Associated Newspapers
- What
- Legal battle over alleged unlawful information gathering and phone hacking by British newspapers
- Where
- London's High Court
- When
- Ongoing trial starting on Monday, with cases spanning from 1993 to 2011 and beyond
- Why
- Prince Harry and other claimants allege the press intruded on their privacy and engaged in unlawful acts
Key facts
- Prince Harry's Claims
- Unlawful information gathering by UK newspapers
- Associated Newspapers
- Accused of breaches of privacy, hiring private investigators, tapping phone calls, and impersonating individuals
- News Group Newspapers
- Apologized for phone hacking, surveillance, and misuse of private information
- Mirror Group Newspapers
- Found guilty of phone hacking, awarded £140,600 in damages to Harry
- Trial Duration
- Up to nine weeks
- Other Claimants
- Elton John, David Furnish, Liz Hurley, Sadie Frost, Doreen Lawrence, Simon Hughes
- Alleged Unlawful Acts
- Hacking voicemail, bugging landlines, obtaining private information by deception
- Harry's Evidence
- Due to give evidence on Thursday
Timeline
Daily Mail publisher seeks to narrow Prince Harry's lawsuit, schedules testimony.
Testimony set for January 22, 2026.
Prince Harry to face off in court, alleging phone hacking and privacy invasion.
Quotes
Elton John and David Furnish
British singer, songwriter, pianist, and pop icon, and his husband, a Canadian film producer and photographer
“They felt outrage when they discovered Associated's invasion into medical details surrounding the birth of their son Zachary, and the stealing of their son's birth certificate.”
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“They feel that their home, and the safety of their children and loved ones, has been violated.”
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David Sherborne
Lawyer representing the claimants in the lawsuit against ANL
“They knew they had skeletons in their closet and that years of emphatic denials were not true.”
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“There was clear and systematic use of unlawful gathering of information at ANL.”
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Prince Harry
Prince of the United Kingdom and younger son of King Charles III
“Creating distrust and suspicion and drove me paranoid beyond belief, isolating me.”
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Antony White
Lawyer representing Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL)
“Editors, desk heads and journalists are lining up to reject the claimants' allegations of habitual and widespread phone hacking, phone tapping and blagging within the organisation.”
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Sources
Prince Harry and Elton John’s lawsuit against Daily Mail publisher to begin
Prince Harry returns to London as major privacy case against Daily Mail publisher begins
Harry’s lawyer tells UK court Daily Mail complicit in unlawful acts
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