Prince Harry Refuses To Drop Lawsuit Against The Sun Publisher, High Court Hears

The other claimants may be dropping like flies on the road, but Prince Harry is like a dog to a bone and he has refused to let The Sun walk free after allegedly tormenting his youth with their illegal phone hacking.

Prince Harry’s Barrister Confirms The Duke’s Lawsuit Against NGN Is Still Live

Prince Harry is still pursuing his case against The Sun publisher. According to his barrister David Sherborne, Prince Harry “is one of two claimants whose claims are still live” against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN), with the other being the former deputy Labour leader Tom Watson. Since the previous hearing in July, a total of 39 cases have been settled.

The two remaining cases are expected to go to trial in January, with the Duke of Sussex expected to provide evidence to back up the claims that he was targeted by journalists and private investigators working for NGN, which also published the now defunct News of the World.

NGN denied the claims, saying that no such activities took place at The Sun. In this round of the lawsuits, Harry is requesting access to “highly relevant emails” exchanged between five royal household staff and five senior NGN employees.

This email exchange involves Rebekah Brooks, the chief executive of News UK from September 2015, Robert Thomson, the chief executive of News Corp from 2013, and Mike Darcey, the chief executive of News UK until September 2015, as well as Sir Christopher Geidt, the former private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II, his successor Sir Edward Young, and Sally Osman, a former head of royal communications.

Following the request, the judge approved that a limited number of the emails may be made available, reasoning that while there was a “degree of speculation whether any of the documents sought are going to assist the claimant’s case,” there was also “sufficient justification” for some of the emails to be provided.

The judge further called the request “credible” in terms of developing the full necessary picture that will undoubtedly aid in the serving of justice.

In a previous claim, the Duke of Sussex said he couldn’t proceed with his case earlier due to a “secret agreement” that served to delay “resolution and recompense” between NGN and the palace until the conclusion of civil cases against the publisher. NGN reacted to the claim by dismissing it as “Alice in Wonderland stuff.”

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