Prince Harry vs The Daily Mail: What can we expect in court?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Bonus Episode: Prince Harry's final showdown with the British media is due to start this week. The duke is set to give evidence in court on Thursday in his case against the Daily Mail publishers.
Harry, alongside a group of claimants including Sir Elton John, Liz Hurley and Baroness Lawrence, has accused Associated Newspapers Limited of hiring private detectives to place listening devices inside cars and of accessing private records and phone conversations.
Associated Newspapers denies all the allegations, calling them "preposterous smears".
What does this case mean for his stated aim of cleaning up the British press? And how will it further affect his relationship with the rest of the royal family?
Niall speaks to Sky correspondents Laura Bundock and Katie Spencer, who will be covering the case.
Producers: Natalie Ktena & Tom Gillespie
Editor: Mike Bovill
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| 0:00.0 | Sky News, the full story first. |
| 0:09.6 | Coming up, he's coming back. |
| 0:11.8 | Prince Harry returns to the UK this week to face the daily mail in court. |
| 0:15.8 | So what can we expect? |
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| 1:21.2 | Prince Harry is returning to the UK this coming week, |
| 1:24.0 | bravely emerging from a life of Californian privacy to give evidence in a very |
| 1:27.9 | public court case. |
| 1:29.4 | The Duke of Sussex will be facing the Daily Mail, accusing it of unlawful news gathering, |
| 1:34.3 | allegations the paper strongly denies. |
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