Prince Harry insisted on Wednesday to proceed with legal action against a British newspaper owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, alleging that his mobile phone was hacked. He requested the High Court in London to allow him to rely on what he described as a "secret agreement" between the British royal family and the publishing entity.
Prince Harry, the younger son of King Charles, is suing "News Group Newspapers," owned by Murdoch, for multiple unlawful actions from the mid-1990s until 2016, attributed to "The Sun" and "News of the World," which has ceased publication.
In April, the group sought to have Prince Harry's lawsuits dismissed, claiming he was too late to take such action. Prince Harry stated that the reason he did not file a lawsuit until 2019 was due to an agreement between Buckingham Palace and senior officials of the "Murdoch group" to postpone any lawsuits until all other phone-hacking cases against the group were resolved. The group denies such an agreement exists.
On Wednesday, Prince Harry's lawyers relied on the alleged agreement to thwart the group's attempt to have the case dismissed, seeking to have it heard in a trial scheduled for January, which includes a similar complaint from British actor Hugh Grant.
Prince Harry claims that journalists from the group or investigators working for them intercepted his voicemail messages and illicitly obtained private information such as mobile phone bill amounts and medical records, claims that the group denies.
