Prince Harry appeared again before British Justice in London on Thursday, on the fourth and final day of hearings devoted to a case brought by King Charles III’s youngest son. And other celebrities accusing the Chron tabloid of gathering illegal information.
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At the High Court in London, Judge Matthew Nicklin said he would make his decision at a later date. The issue at this hearing is whether or not there should be a trial in this case, in which the plaintiffs, including singer Elton John and actress Liz Hurley, are suing the editor of the Chron and accusing the newspaper of claims not unauthorized wiretapping or private detectives.
The 38-year-old prince, who recently spoke openly about his notoriously difficult relationship with the rest of the British royal family, caused a stir when he made a personal appearance before the High Court in London on Monday.
At war with the tabloids, Prince Harry blames the tabloids for the death of his mother Diana in 1997 in a car accident in Paris, followed by the paparazzi, and denounces the treatment of his wife Meghan Markle by the British newspapers. He has filed several lawsuits against the media on.
In these proceedings, Harry and the other plaintiffs allege that the publisher of the Chron hired 19 private investigators to carry out a series of unlawful acts between 1993 and 2011 and possibly beyond.
The publisher, for his part, denounces allegations “without any credible evidence”.
The British tabloids were rocked about a decade ago by several illegal wiretapping scandals that had been practiced since the early 2000s.
Harry’s visit to the UK comes just over a month before the King’s coronation on May 6th. Exiled to the United States after the fall of the monarchy in 2020, Harry and his wife were invited to the ceremony but have not yet publicly announced whether they will accept the invitation.
After a documentary aired on Netflix in December, Harry released his controversial memoir The Substitute in early January, detailing his fractured relationship with his father and brother William.