Prince Harry’s lawsuit against UK newspaper publisher is set to go to trial in May

• Prince Harry’s lawsuit against a UK newspaper publisher over phone hacking allegations.
• Judge Timothy Fancourt ruled that Harry’s case.
• The publisher of the now-defunct News of the World and The Sun.

On Wednesday, a judge at London’s High Court ruled that Prince Harry‘s lawsuit against a UK newspaper publisher over phone hacking allegations will go to trial in May, the month of King Charles III’s Coronation.

The Duke of Sussex is one of a number of public figures whose lawsuits against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) will be heard during the trial.

Judge Timothy Fancourt has ruled that Harry’s case, alleging illegal information gathering on behalf of MGN journalists between 1996 and 2011, should be heard as part of the trial.

David Sherborne, a lawyer representing the Duke and Harry as well as the other claimants, previously told the court that Harry would be “the only witness” relied on in his case, raising the prospect of the prince appearing in court.

The lawsuit, filed in 2019, is one of several filed by King Charles’s younger son against the UK’s newspapers, including one against News Group Newspapers, the publisher of the now-defunct News of the World and The Sun.

Meghan Markle’s husband is also suing Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Mail on Sunday, for libel over an article that claimed he tried to keep details of his legal battle to reinstate his police protection a secret.

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