Prince Harry has lost his high-profile press intrusion lawsuit against one of the UK’s most powerful newspaper groups.
The Duke of Sussex, alongside other claimants including Liz Hurley and Elton John, accused The Daily Mail publisher of unlawful information gathering, including “abhorrent criminal activity and gross breaches of privacy.”
All the claims have been dismissed, with Judge Mr Justice Nicklin saying that the aggrieved parties had failed to prove their allegations.
The lawsuit further alleged that Associated Newspapers commissioned individuals to listen to private telephone calls, paid police officials “with corrupt links to private investigators” for inside information and impersonated individuals to obtain medical records.
Associated Newspapers said the claims were “preposterous smears which appear to be nothing more than a pre-planned and orchestrated attempt to drag the Mail titles into the phone hacking scandal concerning articles up to 30 years old.”
Prince Harry was in the UK for the verdict, with the ruling coinciding with a London event for the Invictus Games. He gave evidence during the trial earlier this year, accusing Associated Newspapers of making Meghan Markle’s life “a misery.”
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