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Prince Harry returns to court in tabloid phone hacking case - AOL

Britain Tabloid Lawsuit

Britain's Prince Harry arrives at the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Prince Harry is in a London court on Tuesday as the lawyer for a group of British tabloids prepared to ask a judge to toss out lawsuits by the prince, Elton John and several other celebrities who allege phone tapping and other invasions of privacy.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry returned to a London court Tuesday for a second day of hearings to see if the phone hacking lawsuit he brought with Elton John and other celebrities can withstand a challenge from the publisher of The Daily Mail.

The case is one of several brought by the Duke of Sussex in his battle with the press and alleges the publisher hired private investigators to illegally bug homes and cars and to record phone conversations.

Associated Newspapers Ltd. denies the allegations and is seeking to throw out the case, arguing that the claims are too old and rely on information they turned over in confidentiality for a 2012 probe into media law breaking.

Actresses Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost, and John’s husband, David Furnish, are also parties to the case.

The lawsuit alleges Associated Newspapers, which publishes The Daily Mail and The Mail On Sunday, commissioned the “breaking and entry into private property,” and engaged in other unlawful acts that invaded the privacy of the famous plaintiffs.

Attorney David Sherborne, who represents the prince and...



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