After lawyers for Prince Harry and Mirror Group Newspapers made their opening statements on Monday, the Duke of Sussex is expected to give evidence at the High Court for the first time today - answering questions on his allegations of phone hacking and the use of private investigators.
He also told the court how alleged intrusion caused"mistrust" between Harry and, and that"the ups and downs and ins and outs" of his relationship with ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy"were all revealed and picked apart by the three Mirror Group titles" - something that was"clearly driven by unlawful activity".
Mr Sherborne told the court that the 147 articles were a"fraction" of all the articles written about the duke's private life during that time, adding that MGN disclosed"almost 2,500" articles published about him throughout that period. The barrister later described Harry as"one of the most written about individuals in those newspapers" for several years.In the afternoon, MGN's lawyer, Andrew Green KC, had his turn to address the court, and said there was no evidence to support the duke's claims.
Harry's evidence will come a month after the trial opened in May, when, on the first day, the MGN lawyer saidfor one instance of unlawful information gathering. As well as Harry, there are three other representative claimants involved in the case: Coronation Street actor Michael Turner, known professionally as Michael Le Vell, who is best known for playing Kevin Webster; Hollyoaks and former Coronation Street actress Nikki Sanderson; and comedian Paul Whitehouse's ex-wife Fiona Wightman.
"MGN unreservedly apologises for all such instances of unlawful information gathering, and assures the claimants that such conduct will never be repeated."
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