Prince Harry has surprisingly arrived in London for a court hearing. The youngest son of King Charles III. appeared before the Supreme Court on Monday for a hearing on his claim against publisher Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL).
The 38-year-old accuses ANL of illegally obtaining information about him. Private detectives were hired to install eavesdropping devices in cars and homes and to eavesdrop on private telephone calls. ANL includes the newspapers “Daily Mail” and “Mail on Sunday”.
In addition to Harry, other celebrities have also filed lawsuits, including pop star Elton John and his husband David Furnish, and actresses Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost. Their lawyers speak of “convincing and deeply disturbing evidence that they have been victims of heinous criminal activity and gross invasions of privacy”.
ANL dismisses the allegations as “absurd defamation”. It is a “planned and orchestrated attempt to drag the title ‘Mail’ into the wiretapping scandal”.
At the hearing, which is scheduled for four days, ANL intends to request that the lawsuits be dismissed and a trial avoided.
(sda/dpa)
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