Prince Harry a no-show at court hearing in suit against tabloid publisher | CBC News

Posted: Jun 05, 2023 10:09 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Harry, King Charles's younger son, will face hours of questioning in the witness box on Tuesday, becoming the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for 130 years. His lawyer David Sherborne told the judge, Timothy Fancourt, that Harry had flown from his home in Los Angeles on Sunday evening, after attending his daughter Lilibet's second birthday, but was not available to give evidence on Monday.

MGN's lawyer Andrew Green said it was "absolutely extraordinary" that the prince would not be there on Monday, and accused his legal team of wasting the court's time, saying he had expected to start cross-examining Harry.Green is seeking to question Harry for more than a day over 33 articles that the prince says were based on material that was unlawfully obtained. It means Harry could be returning to give further evidence on Wednesday.

"Prince Harry was one of the most written-about individuals in these three newspapers," said Sherborne, saying some 2,500 articles had appeared about Harry's private life in the MGN titles.Harry and Meghan docuseries takes aim at tabloids"Stories about him were some of the most likely to drive sales and the suggestion that there was just one instance of unlawful information gathering at one of these newspapers, we say is plainly implausible.

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