The Duke of Sussex was called to testify on Monday as part of his trial against the tabloid. However, the main interested party did not appear at the bar. This caused the anger of the judge.
A ghost who missed his return. If Prince Harry arrives at London’s High Court this Tuesday morning, June 6, to testify against the tabloid The Daily Mirror whom he accuses of hacking the phone messages, his absence the previous day caused a lot of noise. And for good reason. King Charles III’s youngest son was expected to be cross-examined by a lawyer for the press group. But his daughter Lilibeth’s second birthday, Sunday, June 4, prevented the Duke of Sussex from flying out of Los Angeles in time.
Faced with absence, the lawyer DailyMirror Andrew Green said he was “deeply concerned”. For his part, Judge Timothy Fancourt did not hide his anger, saying that he was “a little surprised”. Which suggests tense exchanges with Harry.
As expected, on Tuesday, the Duke of Sussex finally entered the court without saying a word to the dozens of reporters waiting for him. It’s the first time a member of the royal family has been at the helm in more than a century since the future Edward VII for libel in 1891.
“No aspect of the young prince’s life was protected”
Exiled to California with his wife, King Charles III’s youngest son, Meghan Markle, amid troubles with the rest of the British royal family, he has launched a series of lawsuits against British newspapers.
In the ongoing trial, which began last month, Harry specifically blames the publisher DailyMirror Between 1996 and 2010, the use of illegal means to gather information, including wiretapping. Revealing the prince’s grievances, his lawyer confirmed that the press group had engaged the services of “or at least 30 private detectives”. Harry was the victim of illegal data collection “from his childhood at school” to adulthood, his lawyer David Sherborne charged on Monday, adding that “nothing was sacred or off limits”. “No aspect of the young prince’s life was immune to the intrusions of the press,” the lawyer said, specifically citing his romantic relationships and feud with his brother William.
At the beginning of the trial, Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), which in addition to Mr. DailyMirror publish Sunday mirror And Sunday People! – apologized “unreservedly”, admitting “some evidence” of illegal information gathering. The publisher’s lawyer, Andrew Green, on the other hand, denied the allegations of interception of voice messages and emphasized the age of the facts. “There is simply no evidence to conclude that the Duke of Sussex was hacked,” he said.
However, Harry’s battle with the tabloids took a step further when he was “chased” by “very aggressive paparazzi” after leaving an event with wife Meghan Markle in New York. An episode that revived the memory of Diana’s death.
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Source: Le Figaro
