Prince Harry has been suing British tabloid media for some time now. He accuses them of spying. The next trial is scheduled to begin in January. But the judge has important questions.
Prince Harry has suffered a setback in his lawsuit against the publisher of the British tabloid newspaper “The Sun” for illegally gathering information. A judge in London ordered the younger son of King Charles III to explain why numerous messages and documents had been deleted that were presumably important for the legal dispute with News Group Newspapers (NGN). This was reported by British media. The case concerns chats between Harry and JR Moehringer, the ghostwriter of his autobiography “Reserve”.
The 39-year-old accuses NGN of illegally collecting private information about him since he was nine years old, for example by listening to mailboxes. The publisher, which also owned the tabloid “News of the World”, which was closed years ago, denies this. The trial is scheduled to begin in January 2025.
Prince Harry’s messages to be examined
Judge Timothy Fancourt reportedly said there was evidence that “a large number of potentially relevant documents” and confidential messages between Harry and JR Moehringer “were destroyed sometime between 2021 and 2023.” At that time, the lawsuit was already pending. Fancourt ruled that a more comprehensive search of Harry’s laptop, as well as SMS and WhatsApp messages, was necessary to examine communications between 2005 and early 2023.
NGN accuses the fifth in line to the British throne of concealing the facts. He said he knew before 2013 that he was entitled to compensation. The case is therefore time-barred. Harry’s lawyer David Sherborne, however, asserted that his client had not exchanged any chat messages about unlawful information gathering.
Harry has been taking action against British tabloid media for some time, accusing them of spying. He has been partially found to be right and has been awarded damages.
Source: Stern
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