Video: Harry and Meghan and Kate William review the gestures outside Windsor Palace (Photo: Reuters)
Prince Harry is testifying in Britain's Supreme Court on Tuesday in his lawsuit against the publisher of the British tabloid Daily Mirror, whom he accuses of phone hacking and other illegal acts. Harry, King Charles' youngest son, was due to appear in court yesterday, but he did not show up and will instead begin his testimony today. He is the first senior British royal to testify in court in 130 years.
Harry, who lives in the United States following a high-profile feud within the British royal family, is one of 1991 prominent figures suing the Mirror Group, which owns one of the UK's best-selling tabloids, for a series of illegal acts it allegedly committed between 2011 and <>.
The group apologized at the start of the trial for one incident when it admitted that the Sunday People newspaper had illegally sought information about Harry, and agreed that he was entitled to compensation for this. However, she rejected the rest of the prince's claims and said he had no proof. Buckingham Palace itself may be at the centre of Harry's cross-examination, as the Mirror claims that some of the information came from the royal court.
Delayed in the US due to "security arrangements". Harry in court in London, today (Photo: Reuters)
The trial began last month when lawyers for Prince Harry and three other prosecutors tried to prove that the illegal information was collected with the knowledge and approval of senior newspaper editors and executives.
Harry's lawyer said in court yesterday that the lawsuit was not part of retaliation against the press, but an attempt to focus attention on allegedly illegal activities carried out by it.
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