Prince Harry and Elton John Arrive at U.K. High Court for Privacy Lawsuit Trial
usmagazine.comTaking legal action. Prince Harry went to court on Monday, March 27, for his lawsuit against the publishing company Associated Newspapers Limited.The Duke of Sussex, 38, is one of several high-profile stars suing the publisher behind sites such as Daily Mail, Mail Online and the Mail on Sunday over the alleged unlawful gathering of information, including invasion of privacy and phone-tapping.
Believed to be his first time back in London since Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in September 2022, Harry arrived at the Royal Courts of Justice on The Strand in London sporting a black coat and black suit with a gray tie.Among the cases’ other plaintiffs are Elton John and his husband, David Furnish.
The music superstar, 76, showed up to court in style, wearing a gray suit and patterned tie. Other plaintiffs include actresses Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost, as well as Baroness Doreen Lawrence, the mother of Stephen Lawrence, whose 1993 murder was heavily covered by the British press.According to BBC News, Harry — who shares son Archie, 3, and daughter Lilibet, 21 months, with his wife, Meghan Markle — took notes while sitting toward the back of the courtroom during the first day of the trial’s four-day High Court preliminary hearing.In a statement released by the U.K.
law firm Hamlins in October 2022, the group explained they decided to take legal action against Associated Newspapers Limited after learning of “compelling and highly distressing evidence that they have been the victims of abhorrent criminal activity and gross breaches of privacy.”This isn’t the first time Harry has gone up against the publishing company.
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