Prince Harry: Phone hacking trial involving Duke of Sussex begins

A proceedings involving the Duke of Sussex implicit alleged telephone hacking astatine the steadfast of the Mirror is getting nether way.

Prince Harry is 1 of respective precocious illustration figures bringing claims against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) successful a seven-week proceedings astatine the High Court.

Lawyers volition reason that executives astatine the institution knew astir wide telephone hacking, but failed to act.

MGN is contesting the claims.

The institution - which besides publishes the Sunday Mirror and Sunday People - is acceptable to reason that immoderate of the claims person been brought excessively late.

A erstwhile proceeding was told Harry's lawsuit is that 148 articles published betwixt 1996 and 2010 included accusation that was allegedly obtained done methods including telephone hacking.

Prince Harry is expected to springiness grounds successful June, with the High Court proceeding acceptable to past six oregon 7 weeks.

The property of the precocious vocalist George Michael and histrion Ricky Tomlinson person besides brought claims against MGN, with "test cases" - including Harry's - selected to spell to proceedings from the wider radical of claimants.

The different "representative" cases acceptable for proceedings are that of erstwhile Coronation Street histrion Nikki Sanderson, comedian Paul Whitehouse's ex-wife Fiona Wightman and histrion Michael Turner.

MGN has antecedently settled a fig of claims against it successful narration to stories obtained done unlawful means.

It was besides progressive successful a 2015 trial, the lone to instrumentality spot during the long-running litigation, which saw claims brought by ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne, histrion Sadie Frost, and Coronation Street histrion Shobna Gulati.

Last month, lawyers for the radical said that each the witnesses connected their broadside would springiness grounds successful person, paving the mode for Prince Harry to instrumentality the stand.

He has go an outspoken professional of the tabloid property and has already appeared successful tribunal erstwhile this year to perceive to ineligible arguments successful different lawsuit helium is progressive in.

Harry is enactment to actions linked to alleged telephone hacking against 2 different companies - the steadfast of the Daily Mail, and the steadfast of the Sun, some of which contradict wrongdoing.