a number brought by prince harry and a number of other_ brought by prince harry and a number of other claimants and the threshold is lower. _ of other claimants and the threshold is lower. as — of other claimants and the threshold is lower, as you rightly say, the burden— is lower, as you rightly say, the burden of— is lower, as you rightly say, the burden of proof is on prince harry and he _ burden of proof is on prince harry and he has — burden of proof is on prince harry and he has to prove it. as you mentioned _ and he has to prove it. as you mentioned we have heard it many times— mentioned we have heard it many times in— mentioned we have heard it many times in the witness box as he was being _ times in the witness box as he was being cross—examined by the barrister— being cross—examined by the barrister for the publisher, being cross—examined by the barristerforthe publisher, he barrister for the publisher, he often — barristerforthe publisher, he often said, why don't you ask the journalists, — often said, why don't you ask the journalists, it is not myjob as a witness — journa

— court building, but we expect prince harry to _ court building, but we expect prince harry to to get into a — harry to emerge fairly shortly, to get into a car. we will get information when he is about to leave _ information when he is about to leave because the car will pull up outside _ leave because the car will pull up outside the entrance to the courtroom, he will be whisked out very briefiy — courtroom, he will be whisked out very briefly and i suspect breathing a sigh _ very briefly and i suspect breathing a sigh of— very briefly and i suspect breathing a sigh of relief that this is all over— a sigh of relief that this is all over in— a sigh of relief that this is all over in terms of his evidence and he will have _ over in terms of his evidence and he will have to — over in terms of his evidence and he will have to wait quite a while before — will have to wait quite a while before the judgment is handed down try before the judgment is handed down by the _ before the judgment is handed down by the judge. before the judgment is handed down by the judge-— by thejudge. hel

of prince harry later. h profile nature of this case and we are getting — nature of this case and we are getting updates from our colleagues, which _ getting updates from our colleagues, which we _ getting updates from our colleagues, which we will bring you as soon as they conre — which we will bring you as soon as they come in. it which we will bring you as soon as they come im— which we will bring you as soon as they come in. it is worth explaining how we are — they come in. it is worth explaining how we are going — they come in. it is worth explaining how we are going to _ they come in. it is worth explaining how we are going to find _ they come in. it is worth explaining how we are going to find out - they come in. it is worth explaining how we are going to find out what i they come in. it is worth explaining | how we are going to find out what is happening in the courtroom. obviously there is no live coverage there are no cameras in court for there are no cameras in court for the public to see. irate t

prince harry arrives at the high court in london for day two of his evidence in his privacy case against a newspaper publisher. the prince went quickly through those doors behind me and he is now in the witness box for a second day of giving evidence. pope francis is hospitalised in rome to have abdominal surgery under general anaesthetic. that will take place in the coming hours. this is bbc news. coming up... we'll bring you all the latest developments live from the high court in london, where prince harry has begun day two of his evidence against the mirror group. we'll be across all the detail of that evidence as it happens. but first, let's turn to our other big story this morning, ukraine, where president zelensky has warned the destruction of the dam at nova kahhovka in southern ukraine risks leaving hundreds of thousands of people without normal access to drinking water. water from the dam's reservoir has now reached 80 towns on both sides of the dnipro river, causing extensive flooding to buildings and farmland. ukrainian authorities say tens of thousands of people are fleeing a

— get a witness statement that prince harry has _ get a witness statement that prince harry has ry has written and we will be able to bring you that when we have the edge, _ able to bring you that when we have the edge, and then at some point after— the edge, and then at some point after that— the edge, and then at some point after that he will enter the witness box, he _ after that he will enter the witness box, he will take the oath and over the next _ box, he will take the oath and over the next couple of days when he gives _ the next couple of days when he gives evidence in the witness box he will have _ gives evidence in the witness box he will have to — gives evidence in the witness box he will have to bring his best evidence. he wants to prove that the publishers _ evidence. he wants to prove that the publishers mgn, the mirror group newspapers, in 33 articles that his team _ newspapers, in 33 articles that his team are _ newspapers, in 33 articles that his team are relying on, that they published since he was 12 years old, that they— published since he was 12 years old, t

let's start with prince harry. dence at london plus macquarie court for a second day in his hacking case against the publisher of the daily mirror. harry is being cross—examined by the publisher's lawyer. prince harry faced almost five hours of questioning yesterday over his accusation that the publisher broke the law to obtain information about his private life. mirror group newspapers denies the allegations. he is the first senior royal since the century to give evidence in court. we can cross live to my colleague nancy kacungira outside the high court in central london. we were expecting everything to be done and dusted by lunchtime. he must be hungry and there. those expecting to see prince harry p0p those expecting to see prince harry pop out for a sandwich, that didn't happen, but there was a lunch break. just before that the questioning and cross—examination by andrew green, representing the publishers did conclude and what will happen after the lunch break is we will see prince harry re—examined by his own b

specific details while prince harry is pushing — specific details while prince harry is pushing backwspaper stories were gathered. if you say so, prince — stories were gathered. if you say so, prince harry replies ironically at one _ so, prince harry replies ironically at one point. but the mirror's barrister— at one point. but the mirror's barrister is _ at one point. but the mirror's barrister is pursuing prince harry on why— barrister is pursuing prince harry on why a — barrister is pursuing prince harry on why a mirror story is being accused — on why a mirror story is being accused of— on why a mirror story is being accused of being derived from hacking — accused of being derived from hacking when much the same story has been in _ hacking when much the same story has been in the _ hacking when much the same story has been in the e—mail before. if i can balance _ been in the e—mail before. if i can balance that — been in the e—mail before. if i can balance that withjust been in the e—mail before. if i can balance that with just an example taken _ balance that with just an example

no, i don't, replied prince harry, no, idon't, replied prince harry, after— no, i don't, replied princell pause he said, for my whole life — after a small pause he said, for my whole life the press have misled me, covered _ whole life the press have misled me, covered up— whole life the press have misled me, covered up wrongdoing, so to be sitting _ covered up wrongdoing, so to be sitting in— covered up wrongdoing, so to be sitting in court knowing the defence has the _ sitting in court knowing the defence has the evidence against them and mr green, _ has the evidence against them and mr green. the _ has the evidence against them and mr green, the publisher's lawyer, says i am speculating, i am not sure what to say _ i am speculating, i am not sure what to say we _ i am speculating, i am not sure what to say. we know from colleagues who have been_ to say. we know from colleagues who have been following the hearing in the court — have been following the hearing in the court building that he got a little _ the court building that he got a little emotional towards the end of his evidence.

, _ while the pressure rises for prince harry, he — while the pressure rises for prince harry, herister. . ~' , ., but more tough questions from the barrister. ., ,, , ., ~ , _, barrister. thank you. as we continue to follow the — barrister. thank you. as we continue to follow the proceedings _ barrister. thank you. as we continue to follow the proceedings happening | to follow the proceedings happening inside this court, more pressure on prince harry as he is set to prove the allegations that he has been making. back to you. we the allegations that he has been making. back to you.— the allegations that he has been making. back to you. we will be back with ou if making. back to you. we will be back with you if there _ making. back to you. we will be back with you if there are _ making. back to you. we will be back with you if there are any _ making. back to you. we will be back with you if there are any further i with you if there are any further developments. let's take you to our journalist and commentator. you have been with us throughout the morning. there has been a brief lul

— but is it for someone like prince harry to — but is it for someone like prince harry to tell themtion to determine what is in the public interest. they would often say it _ public interest. they would often say it holds into account, the royal family. _ say it holds into account, the royal family. the — say it holds into account, the royal family, the constitutional monarchy of this— family, the constitutional monarchy of this family. what they do with their— of this family. what they do with their lives, — of this family. what they do with their lives, who they are and what they like _ their lives, who they are and what they like is— their lives, who they are and what they like is in the public interest. that is— they like is in the public interest. that is something i'm sure many readers — that is something i'm sure many readers would agree with, but it is something — readers would agree with, but it is something harry doesn't agree with. it is something that has caught the interest, notjust of people in the uk, but there are members of the press from all over the world. yesterd

prince harry walking out, 'ust allegation. prince harry walking out, just about _ allegation.t more the proceedings tomorrow if it seems clear that the prince will be back to continue the session but these are the pictures from above these are the pictures from above the high court as the camera picks up the high court as the camera picks up the car. it has been a long day of evidence giving beginning with a witness statement, and then of course the cross—examination beginning, and andrew green for mirror group newspaper constantly pushing back in terms of the questioning of the prince, to constantly say, but where is the proof in terms of the link between the stories appearing in the press and phone hacking which is the basic charge? so the end of a long day of cross—examination for the prince but it started with a long witness statement which laid out the impact that press scrutiny and tabloid scrutiny had on his life throughout the course of it, talking up the phone hacking that he alleges began when he started at eton and talking about the strains and the paranoia in his l

prince harry— the courtroom at the moment. prince harry went _ the courtroom at the moment.went into the witness box about _ harry went into the witness box about half an hour ago, having arrived — about half an hour ago, having arrived in _ about half an hour ago, having arrived in the last hour or so. cross—examination has begun, so he is being _ cross—examination has begun, so he is being questioned by the barrister for the _ is being questioned by the barrister for the opposing party, is being questioned by the barrister forthe opposing party, mgn, is being questioned by the barrister for the opposing party, mgn, who is representing the publishers of the newspaper, that is mirror group newspapers. we have just in the last ten minutes or so had a copy of prince — ten minutes or so had a copy of prince harry's witness statement. alongside — prince harry's witness statement. alongside him appearing in the witness — alongside him appearing in the witness box, we have now got this statement — witness box, we have now got this statement. we are really getting the details _ sta

prince harry is making _ believes the claims prince harry is making of— believes the claims prince harryf they are in the — making of unlawful activity, if they are in the ram of total speculation. that was— are in the ram of total speculation. that was a — are in the ram of total speculation. that was a phrase used by the barrister— that was a phrase used by the barrister for the mirror group newspaper earlier, accusing, saying to prince _ newspaper earlier, accusing, saying to prince harry, you are just speculating here, you don't have hard _ speculating here, you don't have hard facts — speculating here, you don't have hard facts. he was testing his evidence _ hard facts. he was testing his evidence was up david sherborne, the barrister— evidence was up david sherborne, the barrister for _ evidence was up david sherborne, the barrister for prince harry, asked him if— barrister for prince harry, asked him if he — barrister for prince harry, asked him if he believed his claims of unlawful— him if he believed his claims of unlawful activity are in the realm of speculation is put to him a

said his mind has gone blank— prince harry said his mind has gone blank when — prince harry saida particulararticle. perhaps blank when he was questioned about a particular article. perhaps a sign that he — particular article. perhaps a sign that he is— particular article. perhaps a sign that he is getting rather tired after— that he is getting rather tired after what must have been a intense questioning. we suspect he may have to come _ questioning. we suspect he may have to come back tomorrow for further cross—examination. you to come back tomorrow for further cross-examination.— to come back tomorrow for further cross-examination. you can certainly understand why _ cross-examination. you can certainly understand why he _ cross-examination. you can certainly understand why he would _ cross-examination. you can certainly understand why he would be - cross-examination. you can certainly understand why he would be tired. i understand why he would be tired. 0ne understand why he would be tired. one thing is that to me while he was being questioned was revelations of his drug—taking

prince — prince harry, the information. prince harry, the information.ho have written the stories? it is not up to me to tell— written the stories? it is not up to me to tell you about how the information was gained. but as i say, it— information was gained. but as i say, it is— information was gained. but as i say, it is up— information was gained. but as i say, it is up to prince harry to prove his— say, it is up to prince harry to prove his case here and ultimately at the _ prove his case here and ultimately at the end — prove his case here and ultimately at the end of it it will be up to the judge _ at the end of it it will be up to the judge to decide. of at the end of it it will be up to the judge to decide. the 'udge to decide. of course there will the judge to decide. of course there will be written _ the judge to decide. of course there will be written evidence _ the judge to decide. of course there will be written evidence submitted l will be written evidence submitted as well to that effect, but standing here amongst the journalists, we have h

here comes prince harry. there prince harry leaving the building. see, you may and being driven off in a range rover. we can just see, you may be able to spot him, his lawyer, his barrister, david making his way out of court, smiling, looking very relaxed. he spent the last couple of days obviously with prince harry in the courtroom. so there you are. lots of other barristers and journalists coming out of the courtroom as well now. prince harry has now left the high court after two days of giving evidence. he is not being driven away, we obviously do not know whether he is heading straight back to america, you would imagine he would want to get back as soon as possible. and to get back to his family. breathing a sigh of relief, no doubt. so that is the end of the case in terms of prince harry's evidence. he has not left the court and as i mentioned there we saw his barrister, david sherborn who has spent some time questioning prince harry earlier on this afternoon, he looked very relaxed, very happy as he followed the car. he was walking as he left

now, mr sherborne asked prince prince harry. so at ioini— asked prince prince harry. from prince harry inoi ove— appeared to extract from prince harry that over a— appeared to extract from prince harry that over a number of discussions— harry that over a number of discussions over— harry that over a number of discussions over the christmas noiiiovs— discussions over the christmas noiiiovs oi— discussions over the christmas holidays at sandringham that iiinoe— holidays at sandringham that prince—princel prince harry had with prince winon— prince harry had with prince william, that's— prince harry had with prince william, that's the moment that prince harry had with prince wiichangedit's the moment that prince harry had with prince wiichangedit's the mcwhich that prince harry had with prince wiichangedit's the mcwhich would he changed his mind, which would ieinois— he changed his mind, which would perhaps indicate— he changed his mind, which would perhaps indicate why one version of eveis— perhaps indicate why one version of events during— perhaps indicate why one versi

and— chelsy davy, an argument that prince harry and prince william had prince harry and prince start giving evidence at— expected to start giving evidence at 1030 8:30 am. beebew— evidence at 1030 8:30 am. beeew. bbe— evidence at 1030 8:30 am. today. the world's media are eebebee— today. the world's media are outside waiting— today. the world's media are outside waiting to hear what he eewe— outside waiting to hear what he eewe. ee— outside waiting to hear what he eewe. ee webb— outside waiting to hear what he says, as well as— outside waiting to hear what he says, as well as a— outside waiting to hear what he says, as well as a few members of says, as well as a few members eb bbe— says, as well as a few members eb bbe bebbbe— says, as well as a few members of the public who— says, as well as a few members of the public who are queuing, eeeebme— of the public who are queuing, queuing eb— of the public who are queuing, queuing up outside the courtroom. _ queuing up outside the courtroom. just a few hours bemebe— courtroom. just a few hours before prince— courtroom. just a few ho

prince harry— a phone bill nor seen one. prince harry irr— a phone bill nor seen one.vidence-— harry in court listening to her evidence. ~ ., ,, evidence. helena wilkinson, thank ou. this evidence. helena wilkinson, thank yom this is — evidence. helena wilkinson, thank you. this is always _ evidence. helena wilkinson, thank you. this is always what _ evidence. helena wilkinson, thank you. this is always what it - evidence. helena wilkinson, thank you. this is always what it would i you. this is always what it would come to, prince harry eyeball to eyeball with the people he is making allegations against. 0ne eyeball with the people he is making allegations against. one of the things that has been striking is that while his to witness testimony yesterday was deeply personal in the witness box, he has been very reserved and calm, holding questions at arms length. that's how we can really wrap up he can testimony. that's his time in the witness box done but of course the trial continues and he is still in the courtroom listening in. we continues and he is still in the cou

prince harry has left prince harry has left the prince harry has left the high prince harry has lefth court prince harry has left the high court in london in the last hour after almost two days of cross—examination in his privacy case against mirror group newspapers. he claims he was unlawfully targeted during a 15 year period that began he was a child. he told the court he once found a tracking device on the car of his former girlfriend chelsy davy and he said he found it suspicious that difficult conversations between him and his ex—girlfriend had appeared in stories in the daily mirror. the paper's publisher denies using unlawful means to gather information about the prince. 0ur media editor katie razzall was in court. the interest in this story shows no sign of waning. for the second day world's media gathered in a cul—de—sac in central london waiting for the high court's star witness. prince harry arrived here for another bout of cross—examination. the mirror group is determined to show he is wrong to claim that articles about him were based on unlawful information gathering. mg

it is a risk for prince harry- not _ absolutely. it is a risk for prince harry.s a risk for prince harry. not everyone can - absolutely. it is a risk for prince harry. not everyone can take i absolutely. it is a risk for prince harry. not everyone can take a| absolutely. it is a risk for prince - harry. not everyone can take a case to trial like he has. just to be clear, when we talk about a trial, this is not a criminal case. this is a civil case, a private action that prince harry and a number of others are bringing gates any publisher. but yes, it is absolutely a risk that he is willing to take financially if he loses he will take a big hit, but he has clearly the money to be able to pay for this. and, as you mention fair, he has previously said that he wants to change the media landscape. that is his life's work. he wants to be seen in court, he wants his day in court and it does probably feel to him like it has been years in the making, when he comes here tomorrow to give evidence. i suspect members of the royalfamily to give evidence. i suspect members of t

prince harry— that of his brother, prince william.orth the reward for them. i believe _ risk is worth the reward for them. i believe phone hacking was on an industrial scale across three of the papers _ industrial scale across three of the papers. this to some extent answers the point _ papers. this to some extent answers the point you have just made, the lawyer— the point you have just made, the lawyer said, can i ask this, if the court _ lawyer said, can i ask this, if the court was — lawyer said, can i ask this, if the court was to— lawyer said, can i ask this, if the court was to find that you were never — court was to find that you were never hacked by mirror group newspapers or byjournalists from mirror— newspapers or byjournalists from mirror group newspapers, would you be relieved _ mirror group newspapers, would you be relieved or disappointed? the answer— be relieved or disappointed? the answer is, — be relieved or disappointed? the answer is, from prince harry, he says. _ answer is, from prince harry, he says, i— answer is,

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is an article about prince harry in the _ stories is an article about prince harry in the daily mirrorwhich he had been on a gap year— in 2003 in which he had been on a gap year to— in 2003 in which he had been on a gap year to australia. prince harry alleges _ gap year to australia. prince harry alleges that the publishers paid a private _ alleges that the publishers paid a private investigator £550 to have him watched in australia. the barrister _ him watched in australia. the barrister said to him that everyone has sympathy with the extraordinary level of— has sympathy with the extraordinary level of press intrusion you have suffered — level of press intrusion you have suffered in— level of press intrusion you have suffered in your life but it does not follow that it wasn't all unlawful activity. to that, prince harry— unlawful activity. to that, prince harry replied from the witness box, i understand that, of course it is the unlawful means which make it even _ the unlawful means which make it even worse. so he has more questions being _ even worse. so he has more questions being p

in prince harry? _ out from both of those. in prince harry? ess statement he said that the _ harry? witness statement he said that the tabloid tactics voice mail when _ that the tabloid tactics voice mail when he — that the tabloid tactics voice mail when he was at eton college, so this was when _ when he was at eton college, so this was when he was in his teenage years, _ was when he was in his teenage years. so— was when he was in his teenage years, so decades ago when he was at schoot _ years, so decades ago when he was at schoot he _ years, so decades ago when he was at schoot he is — years, so decades ago when he was at school. he is claiming that his voice — school. he is claiming that his voice mail— school. he is claiming that his voice mail was hacked while he was at eton— voice mail was hacked while he was at eton college. he talks about how his voice _ at eton college. he talks about how his voice meals would include incredibly private and sensitive information. he also describes the tabloid _ information. he also describes the tablo

harry seems unable— case and prince harry. harry seems unable to— case and prince harry. esterday that his minister claimed yesterday that hte ptoh— minister claimed yesterday that hte ptoh to— minister claimed yesterday that his plan to tackle— minister claimed yesterday that his plan to tackle the small hoot— his plan to tackle the small hoot-te— his plan to tackle the small boat-is starting- his plan to tackle the small boat is starting to work. boat crisis is starting to work. hwt— boat crisis is starting to work. hwt o— boat crisis is starting to work. hwt o hwrhher— boat crisis is starting to work. but a number of— boat crisis is starting to work. but a number of high profile thewree— but a number of high profile figures-lords,- but a number of high profile figures lords, including figures in the lords, including eowthp— figures in the lords, including eowthp there— figures in the lords, including saying there _the - saying there he is, the archbishop _ saying there he is, the archbishop of canterbury, justin wethw,— archbishop of canterbury, justin wethw-epoteh— arc

and also, prince harry getting emotional., 7 hours on that stand must have been very difficult. and he choked up talking about that and saying it's a lot. katie, they're referring to the fact that although people in the palace might have been watching or listening very carefully to hear whether there were any references to members of the royalfamily, that was very much not prince harry's priority. the any attacks, if they were were were solely against the media, is that correct? absolutely right. you know, there wasn't really any attacks on his family at all. and when he did mention his brother, prince william, that was yesterday when he was talking about paul burrell and their opinions on paul burrell and the snipe that they had against him. and he was saying how that story sowed discord between the two of them. but there were no attacks on his family whatsoever. but that really wasn't his agenda. this was all about him squaring up to mgm, as it were, and saying to them, look, you have hacked my phone. there's no way that yo

there will be huge interest when prince harry appears interest when prince harry appears in the witnesse newspapers. theirjob is to try to undermine his case. how will prince harry react to the questions put to him in a courtroom setting, a setting that is very different from what he�*s used to. helena wilkinson, bbc news, the high court. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, joins us from outside the high court in central london now. no prince harry, that was expected by his side, certainly of the court room. they had said he wasn�*t coming because david sherborne, his barrister, is working his way through this fairly lengthy three hour opening statement about this part of the case. to give you a bit of background, we have had a generic case, the basic case against the mirror group, case, the basic case against the mirrorgroup, now case, the basic case against the mirror group, now we are onto specific cases, the first being prince harry. what is clear is there is no single bit of evidence that proves these newspapers breached his privacy. but what there is is an admission from

prince harry is— majority of the articles that prince harry is using, at the heart of this case: _ harryticles. in fact there are about 140 but they had to whittle them _ about 140 but they had to whittle them down. the publisher is saying that they've got the information from _ that they've got the information from legitimate sources. there are a number— from legitimate sources. there are a number of— from legitimate sources. there are a number of articles that the publisher is not putting forward any evidence, _ publisher is not putting forward any evidence, if you like. what that means — evidence, if you like. what that means is— evidence, if you like. what that means is they are basically saying to prince — means is they are basically saying to prince harry is you've got to prove — to prince harry is you've got to prove the _ to prince harry is you've got to prove the phone hacking or information was obtained by unlawful means _ information was obtained by unlawful means a_ information was obtained by unlawful means. a lot of back—and—forth todav~ — means. a lot of back—and—forth tod

some had expected prince harry yesterday.ting him yesterday, but he turned up on day two. that’s but he turned up on day two. that's riuht. he but he turned up on day two. that's right- he says _ but he turned up on day two. that's right. he says he _ but he turned up on day two. that's right. he says he wanted _ but he turned up on day two. that's right. he says he wanted to - but he turned up on day two. that's right. he says he wanted to attend | right. he says he wanted to attend his daughter's birthday, which is why he only flew in last night. the judge to take issue with that, as this newsgroup's barrister, who said it was an insult to the court. he has entered the courtroom today and the proceedings kicked off with a witness statement from him in which he really laid out his reasons for doing this, his reasons for being the first royal to do this in such a long time, that intrusion by the press that he feels has marked his life from the time he was born, he says, the press has been hostile to him. he has laid out how h

barrister says, and that includes prince harry's barristersays, by and that includes prince harry's messages. we know when prince harry comes to court tomorrow he will enter into the witness box. it won't be an environment you will be used to at all. nothing like an interview with oprah or a netflix series that of course he has done. he will be cross—examined by the lawyers for the publisher and that will no doubt be a tough experience. it would be open, it would be public, it will be interesting to see what else we will hear from interesting to see what else we will hearfrom prince harry about interesting to see what else we will hear from prince harry about his personal life and it is, for the lawyers who will be cross—examining prince harry, their mainjob during cross examination is to try to undermine the opposing party's case, so they will be doing what they can, picking holes in prince harry's evidence to try and undermine his credibility as a witness. so he is not here today. he will be here tomorrow. the barriers that have been put up, that is in anticipation of his arrival

— prince harry to win in this situation? , , , . ., situation?ituation? this is very much a case that depends on _ situation? this is very much a case that depends on its _ situation? this is very much a case that depends on its evidence - situation? this is very much a case that depends on its evidence and l situation? this is very much a case l that depends on its evidence and the way the evidence is treated by the court if, and it will fail if prince harry can't substantiate the claims he is making. but if he can substantiate the claims and demonstrate there was phone hacking that he is alleging, then his case is made for him. so the pressure is really on the defendants in the case to demonstrate either that they were not involved in phone hacking or on a technical point, that regardless of whether they were, prince harry is out of time to bring his claim. this is an unusual case in as much as there is a member of the royal family, a senior royal in court for the first time in more than 100 years. what should the public expect to happen in the

a lot of anticipation about prince harry's arrival.ing up to be a show down in the courts between the royal and a large media organisation. prince harry saying it is his life's work to change the culture in some parts of the media. let's speak to our correspondent sean coughlan, who's outside the royal courts ofjustice. prince harry, when he does turn up will face some probe being questions, intrusive questions. but he said he feels it is worth it, that it he said he feels it is worth it, thatitis he said he feels it is worth it, that it is his life's work to change the culture in the media.- the culture in the media. that's riaht, we the culture in the media. that's right. we are — the culture in the media. that's right, we are here, _ the culture in the media. that's right, we are here, but- the culture in the media. that's right, we are here, but prince l the culture in the media. that's - right, we are here, but prince harry isn't. there is no doubt he is the major attraction here. he is willing to take on the tabloid press in his

prince harry will go into detail today. but the key allegation, is interception of voicemails and the use of private investigators. these are allegations that the newspapers have contested. >> thank you so much. >>> let's discuss this in further di tail with a broadcaster and royal watcher in the u.k. thank you for your time. what will prince harry face when he takes the stand moments from now? >> prince harry is going to face the full power of the mirror group newspapers. prince harry is a royal. it's not david versus goliath. but it's extremely difficult for any one individual to go up against the might and power and the wealth of these tabloid newspaper groups. these are large, powerful, media corporations. in a trial, prince harry has to prove legally not that the tabloids are nice or not nice. but they used a number of illegal methods pertaining to himself. to gain access they should not have done. that's a requirement that he has to prove. the mirror group is going to make sure that is not available. they will cross q

there is a long—running thing between prince william and harry... diana did exterior is paranoia, prince harry use a different leak, and in his witness statement, he says diana was not paranoid. parts of this will be difficult for william to read. charles is a figure who looks in the background of some of this because some of the stories that were written while harry was a child, it involved press secretaries and aides and staff who work for charles, so it is going to be very uncomfortable reading for the royal family, it is going to be very uncomfortable reading for the royalfamily, but one thing, one saving grace for both the royals and prince harry, this case is filed in britain, in the british courts, and has not been televised, and you may remember, viewers may rememberjohnny depp and amber heard, their trial in britain was much more contained than their trial in america, which was televised, which meant all the reputational damage that amber heard experience was played out on tv screens across the country, and turned into memes and little viral

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prince harry responded no one wants to have been on hacked, my lord. ll going through it all the prince appeared to fight back tears. it's a lot he said in a cracked voice. a former reporter the court insisted must give evidence a byline appears a third of the article is about prince harry being examined by the court. she said she had never asked anyone to do anything unlawful. prince harry spent around eight hours in the witness x. he will leave you're probably feeling relieved having kept his cool and focus in the face of some tough questioning. there was nothing in his testimony that would be embarrassing to the royals. prince harry's focus here slowly is the tapley press. an effort he said to bring an end to the abuse and intrusion of him and his wife. >> chief grail correspondent for u.s. magazine newsweek and the cohost of the podcast the royal report. thank you so much for coming on the program. >> asked for having me. >> they had prince harry eight hours being cross-examined. overall, how do you think you will be feeling now? >> i think he will

he's trying to help prince harry to provide the evidence. l the testimony this herhhg. h-we— through all the testimony this morning. i've been desperately heehhe— morning. i've been desperately heehhe her— morning. i've been desperately heehhe her e— morning. i've been desperately looking for a smoking gun , but looking for a smoking gun, but hhee-e— looking for a smoking gun, but hhere-e heh— looking for a smoking gun, but there's not even— looking for a smoking gun, but there's not even a— looking for a smoking gun, but there's not even a gun. :: there's not even a gun. indeed, on there's not even a gun. indeed, eh hheh— there's not even a gun. indeed, eh hheh weh— there's not even a gun. indeed, on that very topic, let's cross to john cameron, our royal correspondent, who has been at the court proceedings today. and cameron , obviously, there are cameron, obviously, there are various incidents being talked about. but again, mr green saying , look, this was reported saying, look, this was reported elsewhere in the press. it was not specific

mark: prince harry of the united kingdom did not turn up to give evidence in his court case against abridgedabloid newspaper -- a british tabloid newspaper. the judge that he was surprised he was not present. harry's team argued there were security compositions with his travel and he remained in the united states with his family. let's bring in our correspondent in london. can you remind us what this case is all about? guest: yes. we have huge media interest, both british and also international interest. why? because we have that incredible combination of port drama and a royal -- court drama and a royal soap opera at the same time. prince harry's barrister claims that the prince claims that journalists or using unlawful methods to gather information that effectively prince harry was never alone as he was growing up because he was surrendered by this where above not just of intrigue, but also this unlawful gathering of information. this is absolutely categorically denied by the mfn, mirror group, and prince harry's barrister was very clear that there were many articles that were involved. th

the newspapers' lawyer said there was no evidence to back up prince harry's claims, though they did admitate incidents. our culture and media editor katie razzall has the latest. locked in a battle with the tabloid press, harry versus mirror group newspapers, a fight that began many decades ago and has ended up in court. prince harry claims he was targeted by the papers, even when he was a child, and right up to 2011, thatjournalists and private investigators hacked his phone and the phones of his friends and associates and used other unlawful methods to invade his privacy. his barrister said today the daily mirror had also listened into his mother, princess diana's voice mail messages. the information which he claims could only have been obtained illegally often ended up on the front pages and these stories drove sales. a headline in 2001 — "rugger off" — about how a back injury was stopping the then 17—year—old prince playing rugby, had all the tell—tale signs, said his barrister, of being discovered unlawfully. another from 2002 about drug—taking is alleged to have involved payments to

prince harry arrived earlier. he went on — since? prince harry arrived earlier.room, - since? prince harry arrived earlier. he went on the courtroom, then i since? prince harry arrived earlier. | he went on the courtroom, then we had a chance to see and read his witness statement, in which he laid out the reasons for his being here today. the reason that he is the first royal in 130 years to take the witness stand. he says that the tabloid press and their intrusion into his life have caused his mental health and well—being to suffer. we have heard him play out in this witness statement the dramatic impact that this intrusion has had. the cross—examination began after that. there is a lot of detail coming in thick and fast from our reporters inside the courtroom. just to give you a sense of some of it, we are hearing harry say things like my paranoia was not misplaced. he has talked about incidents in the past where he has had issues with his voice mail and sometimes listening to a message that disappears or someone asking him about a voice mail that he simply nev

referring to how the tabloids cast him, prince harry said, you are than either the playboy prince, theailure, the drop out. or in my case, the thicker, the cheat, the underage drinker, the responsible drug taken. the list goes on. whenever i got into a relationship, they were keen to report the details but were then very quickly seek to try and break it up. referring to his girlfriend chelsy davy, he said press intrusion destroyed their relationship and led to bouts of depression and paranoia. at the heart of harry's case, our 33 separate articles in the mirror, sunday mirror and the sunday people. mostly from his childhood and teenage years. the earliest is from 1996 and detailed his mother, princess diana's alleged sadness over missing his birthday party. they also cover his days at eton. this headline about a back injury keeping him out of rugby. as he grew up, details emerged about his alleged partying. and when he started today chelsy davy, he says tabloid intrusion made their relationship impossible. prince harry exclaims all these pieces could only have been gathered using illeg

a busy day but no sign of prince harry today. the i no sign of prince harry today.ust in case there was some time at the end of the court day in order for him to get into the witness box to begin his evidence. but his lawyer, prince harry's lawyer told the court earlier today that prince harry would not be attending today. he had flown in from america last night, having celebrated his daughter's birthday. it caused a bit of frustration, thejudge birthday. it caused a bit of frustration, the judge said birthday. it caused a bit of frustration, thejudge said he birthday. it caused a bit of frustration, the judge said he was a little surprise that prince harry had not attended court today. from the opposing party, the publishers m gen, the publishers that prince harry is bringing a case against, their lawyer said that... he criticised prince harry for wasting time by not turning up to court today. but he will be here tomorrow, a big day for him when he will enter the witness box. but today, the high court, we have heard that prince harry's barrister outlining and quite

mr sherborne, the barrister for prince harry, afternoon.orne, the barrister for prince harry, we are keeping on the eyes going past us, the barrister said prince harry flew in from america after his daughter�*s birthday, but he will not be attending court today, but will be here tomorrow to enter the witness box to give evidence.— box to give evidence. thank you. you're watching _ box to give evidence. thank you. you're watching bbc— box to give evidence. thank you. you're watching bbc news. - itv�*s this morning host holly willoughby said finding out that her former co—presenter phillip schofield hadn�*t told the truth "was a lot to process". this was holly�*s first show since her schofield resigned from the programme, after he revealed he�*d lied about an affair with a younger colleague. josie gibson is her co—host for today�*s programme, and other guest presenters will fill in over the next few weeks and months. here was holly speaking on the programme earlier. it feels very strange indeed sitting here without phil. and i imagine that yo

prince harry said... andrew green continued... prince harry responded...hough at the end of his evidence, his barrister asked him the toll going through it all had taken. the prince appeared to fight back tears. "it's a lot," he said in a cracked voice. he stayed in court to hear jane kerr, a former mirror royal reporter who the court has insisted must give evidence. her byline appears on almost a third of the articles about prince harry being examined by the court. she commissioned private investigators to help with stories but she said she had never asked anybody to do anything unlawful. prince harry spent around eight hours in the witness box. he will be leaving here probably feeling relieved, having kept his cool and focus in the face of some tough questioning. there will be relief also from his estranged family. with weeks of other evidence still to come, it could be many months before thejudge makes his decision. katie razzall, bbc news. let's take a look at a few stories making headlines in the uk. west ham fans are celebrating after winning the eur

there was not a single item of hard evidence in these articles to show phone hacking and that prince harry'se says this one, about a secret dinner he had with the late tv presenter caroline flack at a close friends house, was based on phone hacking as he and his friend had left voicemails for each other. mgn says it came from a photo agency. this one, about his then girlfriend chelsy davy�*s fury at his visit to a lap dancing club, was also based on hacking, prince harry says. mgn says it was in other papers the day before. when he split from chelsy, there was this headline. prince harry told the court he was likely to have exchanged voicemails about the difficulties in their relationship and said, "i now find this very suspicious." mgn says the story was in the news of the world before. prince harry blames the tabloids for his break—up with miss davy. today he told the court he had once found a tracking device on her car, put there, he claims, by a private investigator. "for my whole life," he said, "the press have misled me and covered up the wrongdoing." andrew green for mirror group aske

prince harry responded... taken. the prince appeared to fight back tears. it is a lot, he said in a cracked voice. he stayed in court to hear jane carr, a former royal reporter who court insisted must give evidence. the byline appears almost a third of the article is about prince harry being examined by the court. she commissioned private investigators to help with stories but she said she had never asked anybody to do anything unlawful. prince harry spent around eight hours in the witness box. he will be leaving here probably giving relieved having kept his cool and focus in the face of some tough questioning. there will be relieved also from his estranged family. because there was nothing in his testimony that would be embarrassing to the royals. prince harry's focus here solely is the tabloid press. an effort he said to an end to the abuse and intrusion of and his wife. let's speak to jack royston, chief royal correspondent for the us magazine newsweek and co—host of the podcast the royal report. thank you

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