Harry has been branded an entitled Prince with patchy memory, but he could yet win in court - analysis by Cameron Walker
Prince Harry has spent two days being cross-examined
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Prince Harry has had his day in court, but it certainly wasn’t what he was used to.
The Duke of Sussex has spent the last day and a half being cross-examined and forensically grilled over his allegations against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) - who he accuses of unlawful information gathering at its titles.
MGN are contesting the claims.
For a member of the Royal Family comfortable with friendly interviews with Oprah Winfrey and promotional interviews from his memoir 'Spare', the intense forensic questioning from Andrew Green KC (representing MGN) has not been a walk in the park for him.
In the court room, Prince Harry appeared emotional at times as he relived parts of his distressing past in front of a packed court room and the world’s media.
He branded highly personal information in the MGN articles as “unnecessary and intrusive”.
Critics of The Duke of Sussex will claim Prince Harry was out of his depth. An entitled Prince with a patchy memory, who wasn’t across the detail.
But legal experts have claimed it is not all over for Prince Harry because the threshold in this civil case is far lower than it would be in a criminal trial.
The judge only needs to find on the balance of probabilities that Prince Harry has been a victim of unlawful information gathering by Mirror Group Newspapers.
According to a media lawyer, if it is more than 50 per cent likely information obtained through unlawful means appeared in just one of the thirty-three articles, the judge could partially rule in Prince Harry’s favour.
The question is - will Prince Harry see this as a victory?