Prince Harry's court appearance in May

Prince Harry's lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) over allegations of phone hacking will go to trial in May. The Duke of Sussex is one of several public figures whose lawsuits against MGN will be considered at the trial, with Judge Timothy Fancourt at London's High Court ruling that Harry's case should be part of the trial. 

The case, launched in 2019, alleges unlawful information gathering by MGN journalists between 1996 and 2011.

David Sherborne, a lawyer representing Prince Harry and the other claimants, has disclosed that Harry will be "the only witness" relied upon in his case, raising the prospect of the prince entering the witness box to give evidence. The trial is set to take place in May, the same month as King Charles III's coronation.

This is one of several lawsuits that Prince Harry is currently bringing against the UK's newspapers, including a similar lawsuit against News Group Newspapers and a libel suit against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Mail on Sunday. The latter lawsuit is over an article that claimed that Prince Harry tried to keep secret details of his legal fight to reinstate his police protection.