Prince Harry and other public figures who are suing Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) attended the High Court for a case in which they claim they were hacked.
Jordan Pettitt/PA Images via Getty ImagesA four-day preliminary High Court hearing in London, starting on Monday, will consider legal arguments and a judge will decide whether the case will go any further. ANL is bidding to end the claims, and has described the allegations as"preposterous smears."
The seven claimants launched their legal action last year after becoming aware of apparent"compelling and highly distressing evidence that they have been the victims of abhorrent criminal activity and gross breaches of privacy" by ANL,submissions to the court that the newspaper group engaged in"illegally intercepting voicemail messages, listening into live landline calls, obtaining private information…and using private investigators to commit these unlawful information gathering...
Harry reportedly sat towards the back of the courtroom, occasionally taking notes in a small notebook as legal arguments were made.
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