Prince Harry's privacy case against Associated Newspapers begins
19/01/2026 | The Guardian
The Duke of Sussex has arrived at the High Court in London to begin a ten-week phone hacking legal battle against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. Prince Harry is part of a high-profile group of claimants, including Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Sir Elton John, Elizabeth Hurley, and Sadie Frost. They allege the publisher engaged in widespread unlawful information gathering between 1993 and 2018.
The claimants accuse the company of hiring private investigators to install listening devices in cars, intercepting live phone calls, and obtaining private medical records. Associated Newspapers has denied all allegations, describing them as preposterous smears.
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