King Charles carried out a royal engagement in Scotland this afternoon as his youngest son attended a High Court trial in London.
Prince Harry was pictured arriving at court this morning as his legal battle against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, commenced.
The royal, dressed in a navy blue suit with a coordinating tie, is pursuing claims centred on 14 articles produced by two journalists over a twelve-year period spanning 2001 to 2013.
The Duke of Sussex will be in London throughout this week, but he is not expected to meet with King Charles.
King Charles carried out a royal engagement in Scotland this afternoon as his youngest son attended a High Court trial in London.
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Instead, the monarch met with Scotland's First Minister this afternoon as he hosted a celebration of Scottish business at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
In the Throne Room at Holyroodhouse, the King and First Minister John Swinney welcomed guests to mark Scotland's thriving entrepreneurial landscape.
The pair began by greeting representatives from Rosebank Distillery, a historic operation established in 1840 that claimed Best in Show at the 2025 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Both sampled a dram during the encounter.
Scotland has emerged as Britain's fastest-growing region for new technology company registrations, whilst investment in female-led Scottish enterprises has increased by 10.5 per cent over the past year.
The monarch met with Scotland's First Minister this afternoon as he hosted a celebration of Scottish business at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
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Today, Prince Harry's barrister David Sherborne, outlined in written submissions that the Duke's case concerns "misuse of private information in relation to each of the 14 unlawful articles," which appeared predominantly in the Mail on Sunday's Diary column alongside pieces in the Daily Mail.
The duke's legal team contends that the alleged unlawful gathering of information has caused substantial harm to Harry's closest relationships.
Sherborne argued that the intrusions created "safety concerns" for the duke whilst also producing "grievous disturbances" in his connections with those nearest to him.
In further written submissions, Harry can be seen to say: “I find it deeply troubling that Associated used phrases such as ‘sources’, ‘friends” and the like as a device to hide unlawful information gathering.
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The Duke of Sussex will be in London throughout this week, but he is not expected to meet with King Charles.
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Beyond affecting his relationships, Sherborne maintained that the alleged conduct disturbed the duke's "own peace of mind," given the intense public fascination with virtually any story concerning him.
The duke's legal submissions further argued that Harry held a reasonable expectation that personal details gathered about him would remain confidential.
Associated Newspapers “strongly denies” that there was any unlawful information gathering, including voicemail interception, directed at Prince Harry or his associates.
Antony White KC said in written submissions that the articles in the case “were sourced entirely legitimately from information variously provided by contacts of the journalists responsible, including individuals in the Duke of Sussex’s social circle, press officers and publicists, freelance journalists, photographers and prior reports”.
He added: “At all material times, the Duke of Sussex’s social circle was and was known to be a good source of leaks or disclosure of information to the media about what he got up to in his private life.”
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