Prince Harry v Daily Mail live: Duke of Sussex to give evidence in court

Key events25m agoPrince Harry feels targeted for ‘standing up’ to Daily Mail publisher44m agoPrince Harry due to give evidence in court at 11.30amShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePrince Harry feels targeted for ‘standing up’ to Daily Mail publisherThe Duke of Sussex believes he has faced a “sustained campaign” of attacks for having “the temerity to stand up” to the publisher of the Daily Mail, the High Court heard on Tuesday.Lawyers for Prince Harry made the claim as they set out 14 articles about him they allege were secured using unlawful information-gathering by Associated Newspapers Ltd, which publishes the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday.Harry will now appear in court today to give evidence – a day earlier than expected – as he and six other prominent claimants attempt to disprove the newspaper group’s repeated and vehement denials that it ever engaged in unlawful information-gathering.David Sherborne, the barrister representing the duke and other claimants, claimed flight details and sensitive information that had serious implications for Harry’s security had been obtained unlawfully.“In his witness statement for the trial, the Duke of Sussex speaks of the impact which this has had on him, the distress, the paranoia and the other feelings that it generated,” Sherborne told the High Court in London.“But given what we’ve seen, is it any wonder that he feels that way, or as he explains, that he feels he has endured a sustained campaign of attacks against him for having had the temerity to stand up to Associated in the way that he has so publicly done?”The duke’s concern about his treatment emerged as Sherborne set out key parts of the case against the publisher. He highlighted articles he said bore the “hallmarks of unlawful information-gathering”.Prince Harry due to give evidence in court at 11.30amGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of Prince Harry v Daily Mail, on the day that that the former is due to give evidence in court.A spokesman for Harry said the duke was expected at court at 11am and would start giving evidence at 11.30am.Harry, Elton John and his husband David Furnish, campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence, politician Simon Hughes, and actresses Sadie Frost and Liz Hurley are all bringing legal action against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) over allegations of unlawful information gathering.This includes claims that information for articles was obtained by carrying out or commissioning unlawful activities such as phone tapping and “blagging” private records. ANL has strongly denied wrongdoing and is defending the claims.We will be bringing you updates throughout the day.