Prince Harry makes a surprise appearance in London at a

Prince Harry makes a surprise appearance in London at a trial against the publisher of the "Chron"

Six public figures, including Prince Harry and Elton John, have accused the British tabloid of illegally obtaining information about them, particularly through wiretapping.

Prince Harry caused a surprise when he arrived at the High Court in London on Monday morning, where a hearing is being held against the Chron’s publisher, Associated Newspaper, who has been accused by several celebrities of illegally gathering information.

Footage from news channel Sky News showed the 38-year-old prince, who has lived in the US since his departure from the monarchy, exiting a minibus and entering the building where he was standing during a four-day hearing, the Chron editor tries to end the lawsuits of King Charles’ youngest son, the singer Elton John, or the actresses Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost.

In the London court case, the six plaintiffs allege that ANL used detectives to bug them in their car or at home.

illegal wiretapping

In announcing the case in early October, the group “completely and unequivocally repudiated these absurd slurs, which appear to be nothing more than a planned and orchestrated attempt to implicate the Mail’s headlines in the wiretapping scandal surrounding 30-year-old articles.”

The British tabloids were rocked about a decade ago by several illegal wiretapping scandals that had been practiced since the early 2000s.

When the case began in 2005, it involved tapping the voicemails of associates of Princes William and Harry, but emotions had peaked in the summer of 2011 when the tabloid News of the World tapped the voicemail of a missing person and eventually the dead Schoolgirl Milly Dowler found.

The revelations had led to the disastrous shutdown of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s Sunday tabloid, who had paid Milly Dowler’s family £2million in a friendly settlement.

While many personalities have sued tabloids after being bugged, this is the first time such lawsuits have been leveled at the Chron’s editor.

First appearance in London

members of the royal family always refused to appear in court. In 2002, Prince Charles declined to attend the trial of his former butler, Paul Burrell, who was accused of theft. Prince Andrew recently settled out of court a complaint that targeted him for rape.

It is the first time the prince has been seen in public in London since his article was published glowing panties, last January. Prince Harry, who was invited to his father King Charles’ coronation on May 6, has not yet indicated if he intends to accept the invitation.

Harry and Meghan’s attendance at Charles’ coronation has been the subject of much speculation in the UK. Especially since the Netflix documentary “Harry & Meghan” aired last December and the release of the prince’s memoir, relations between the Sussexes and the royal family have been strained.

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