King Charles tried to block Prince Harry from suing Sun publisher, court hears

Prince Harry to argue at January trial that his father “acted to discourage him” from pursuing legal action against News Group Newspapers. The King tried to prevent the Duke of Sussex from suing the publisher of The Sun newspaper , the High Court has heard. Prince Harry is to argue at trial in January that his father “acted to discourage and stymie him” from pursuing legal action against News Group Newspapers (NGN) , Justice Fancourt revealed, quoting from a document filed by the Duke’s legal team.

His case concerns accusations of “blagging” – obtaining confidential details about him by deception – and other unlawful invasions of privacy . On Friday, the judge granted the Duke access to a cache of Buckingham Palace emails sent between two of the most senior members of the royal household and specific senior executives at News Group Newspapers (NGN)..