Prince Harry: Legal battle between Sun publisher and Duke of Sussex will go to High Court trial

Prince Harry alleges he was targeted by journalists and private investigators working for News Group Newspapers (NGN) titles and the now-defunct News of the World from the mid-1990s until 2016. Mr Justice Fancourt ruled on Thursday that Harry can not bring his claim in relation to phone hacking, however the rest of his claim could be tried in High Court.

Mr Justice Fancourt’s ruling comes after a hearing in April, where NGN asked the judge to throw out the duke’s case, arguing it was brought too late because he should have known sooner he had a potential claim. The judge also refused to allow the duke to amend his case to rely on a “secret agreement” between Buckingham Palace and senior NGN executives.