Prince Harry.Photo:Ej Hersom/Cover Images via ZUMA Press
Ej Hersom/Cover Images via ZUMA Press
Prince Harrystepped out to support veterans for his first event since hishistoric testimony againsta powerful British publisher.
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Video from Monday’s eventshowedthe Duke of Sussex was all smiles while chatting with other spectators during the Army vs. Marine Corps bronze medal match, and he posed for a photo with the gold medal-winning United States Special Operations Command sitting volleyball team.
“When Prince Harry wants to sit with Team Army member Master Sgt Michael Haley and his parents at sitting volleyball!” the U.S. Army Recovery Care Program tweeted, posting a photo of Harry, 38, in the stands.
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Shawn Sprayberry/Cover Images via ZUMA Press
The Duke of Sussex’s surprise courtside appearance marks his first event since he took the stand in London to testify against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) over alleged unlawful information gathering last week. Prince Harry testified at the High Court of the Royal Courts of Justice in London on June 6 and 7 and made modern royal history as the first prominent member of the British royal family to give evidence in court in 130 years.
The Duke of Sussex is accusing MGN of alleged unlawful information gathering through phone voicemail hacking and other illegal means from 1996 to 2010. The publisher of theDaily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Daily Expressand more denies the allegations.
Prince Harry argued that roughly 140 articles published during the period contain information obtained via unlawful methods, theBBCreported, with 33 of the stories being considered in court.King Charles’ younger son is one of more than 100 people suing the media group for alleged illegal activity between 1991 and 2022. The prince is one of four representative claimants selected for trial, and the seven-week trial, which began May 10, is about halfway through.
On June 6, his first day on the witness stand, Prince Harry said that “every single article has caused me distress” and argued that the tabloids have “blood on their hands” for the pain they’ve caused.
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ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images
Reutersreports that a verdict is not expected until later this year.
source: people.com
