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Prince Harryhas won the right to sue a British tabloid newspaper in a U.K. court.
On Thursday, a High Court judge in London ruled that the Duke of Sussex, 38, can take News Group Newspapers (NGN) — publisher ofThe Sunnewspaper — to court over claims it used illegal methods to gather information on him.
“The process of selecting the cases that will be tried on this occasion will take place in the autumn,” the ruling read.
Prince Harry gave evidence in his case against Mirror Group Newspapers in June.Getty Images
The methods were identified in the ruling as “blagging of confidential information from third parties, and instructing private investigators to do these or other unlawful acts”.
While Harry’s allegations about the publisher using illegal methods to gather information will go to trial, Judge Timothy Fancourt dismissed another claim of his relating to phone hacking.
Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle.Getty Images
“I am satisfied that there is no reasonable prospect of the duke proving at trial that he did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have discovered facts that would show that he had a worthwhile claim for voicemail interception in relation to each of theNews of the WorldandThe Sun,” Fancourt wrote in his judgment.
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The court previously heard Harry’s claim that a “secret agreement” was struck between Buckingham Palace and NGN which had prevented him from taking legal action sooner.
On Thursday, however, Fancourt stated that Harry had not “provided any evidence from those in the palace who would have been aware of a secret agreement if there was one.”
Last month, Harry made history when hetook the witness standat the High Court in London to testify against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) — the publisher of tabloids theDaily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Daily Express— over alleged unlawful information gathering.
Helaunched the claimin 2019, alleging that his phone voicemails were hacked.
Harry is also attempting to sue theDaily MailandMail on Sundayover alleged breaches of privacy, according to BBC News.
source: people.com
