Prince Harry will return to UK to give evidence in bitter legal battle

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The Duke of Sussex will give evidence in the High Court in London

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Svar Nanan-Sen

By Svar Nanan-Sen


Published: 06/04/2023

- 11:00

The Duke of Sussex will give evidence in the High Court in London

Prince Harry is set to return to the UK to give evidence in a legal battle he is involved in.

Harry will make another trip to the High Court in June 2023 regarding his claim against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) over alleged unlawful information gathering.


The hearing will take place a month after King Charles's Coronation in May.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have not confirmed whether they will attend the historic ceremony or not.

Prince Harry

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have not confirmed whether they will attend the historic ceremony or not.

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On Wednesday, during a preliminary hearing, barrister Julian Santos said that all witnesses on the side of Harry and others bringing claims will give evidence in person.

Santos told the High Court: "The claimants are not applying for any of their witnesses to give evidence via video link."

This suggests Prince Harry will give evidence at the High Court in London.

MGN includes titles such as The Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People.

The newspaper group will contest the claims arguing that some have been brought too late.

It comes as Prince Harry unexpectedly attended three out of four days of a privacy hearing against Associated Newspapers Limited in London last week.

The Duke of Sussex is one of several high-profile individuals to bring claims against ANL for misuse of private information.

None of the claimants, including Prince Harry, were formally required to be at the hearing.

Prince Harry

The Duke of Sussex is one of several high-profile individuals to bring claims against ANL for misuse of private information.

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ANL, the Daily Mail's publisher, has described the allegations as "preposterous smears".

The preliminary hearing considered legal arguments and a judge will decide whether it will go any further.

In a statement released in October when the legal action was announced, the newspaper group said: "We utterly and unambiguously refute these preposterous smears which appear to be nothing more than a pre-planned and orchestrated attempt to drag the Mail titles into the phone hacking scandal concerning articles up to 30 years old.

"These unsubstantiated and highly defamatory claims - based on no credible evidence - appear to be simply a fishing expedition by claimants and their lawyers, some of whom have already pursued cases elsewhere."

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