By Sam Tobin

LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry is anticipated to seem at London’s Excessive Courtroom on Monday as he prepares to offer proof in his lawsuit in opposition to the writer of British tabloid the Day by day Mirror.

Harry, King Charles’ youthful son, will this week develop into the primary senior British royal to offer proof in courtroom for 130 years, which is prone to happen on Monday or Tuesday.

He’s one among greater than 100 different high-profile figures suing Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), the writer of the Day by day Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday Individuals, for alleged phone-hacking and different illegal behaviour between 1991 and 2011.

The trial started final month, as legal professionals representing Harry and three different take a look at claimants tried to show that illegal data gathering was carried out with the information and approval of senior editors and executives.

MGN, now owned by Attain, apologised at the beginning of the trial for one admitted event that the Sunday Individuals had unlawfully sought details about Harry, accepting he was entitled to compensation.

However it has rejected his different allegations, saying he had no proof for his claims. Buckingham Palace is prone to characteristic prominently in Harry’s cross-examination, with MGN arguing that some data had come from royal aides.

This week’s look would be the second time this yr Harry has attended the Excessive Courtroom, after becoming a member of singer Elton John and others for hearings in March over their lawsuit in opposition to the writer of the Day by day and Sunday Mail tabloids.

Harry, the fifth-in-line to the throne, has barely been out of the headlines within the final six months.

He’s in engaged in a number of authorized battles with the British press, together with an analogous phone-hacking case in opposition to Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper arm.

The prince has additionally accused his household and their aides in his memoir and Netflix (NASDAQ:) documentary sequence of colluding with tabloids. The palace has not commented on these accusations.