Prince Harry arrives at the trial against the Mail’s publisher for illegal phone-hacking case

Prince Harry arrived this Monday at the High Court in London at the beginning of the trial against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), publisher of the ‘Daily Mail’, which he and other plaintiffs, such as Elton John and Liz Hurley, accuse of violating their privacy with illegal practices in the past. The Duke of Sussex, who resides in the United States, walked into the courthouse in central London, where dozens of journalists were waiting for him, in a highly publicized case in the United Kingdom. The plaintiffs, including actress Sadie Frost, accuse ANL newspapers – ‘Daily Mail’, ‘Mail on Sunday’ and ‘MailOnline’ – of illegal information gathering practices that lasted over time and violated their right to privacy.

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They claim that journalists and collaborators of the group resorted to illicit methods such as interception of voice messages, placement of listening devices, deception to access private records — what is known as ‘blagging’ — and the use of private investigators to obtain personal information. Associated Newspapers denies the allegations and asserts that its journalism has always been legal. In addition to Prince Harry – who is expected to testify on Thursday – the plaintiffs include singer Elton John and his husband David Furnish, actresses Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost, Doreen Lawrence – mother of the young black man Stephen Lawrence, murdered for racist reasons – and former Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes.