London: Prince Harry has lost a major court claim against a British publisher over his personal privacy, in a sweeping defeat he shares with celebrities such as Elton John and Liz Hurley.
The High Court ruled that the Duke of Sussex and the other claimants had failed to prove their allegations, and it dismissed their claims on all counts.
Harry and others accused The Daily Mail, one of the country’s most powerful newspapers, of using illegal ploys such as phone hacking to get its news.
They also claimed it used “blagging” – a practice in which a journalist makes false claims to trick people into divulging information.
The prince was joined in the case by Hurley, actress Sadie Frost, politician Simon Hughes and Baroness Doreen Lawrence, a member of the House of Lords whose son was murdered in a racist attack. John joined the case with his husband, David Furnish. All claimed the owner of the media outlet – Associated Newspapers – had used illegal means to gain information about them.
But the court dismissed their claims and said they had not proven there was “unlawful information gathering” (UIG) against them.
“The court emphasised that it was for the claimants to prove UIG. These were civil claims, so the legal test was whether the allegations were proved on the balance of probabilities,” wrote High Court Judge Matthew Nicklin in his summary.
“But the allegations were serious: they included allegations of dishonesty, unlawful conduct and deliberately false evidence. The...
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