Harry is suing a number of newspapers, alleging that the tabloids used unlawful means to target him since he was a child.
over allegations of unlawful acts between 1991 and 2011. They are claiming during the seven-week trial that senior editors and executives at MGN knew about and approved of phone-hacking and instructing private investigators to obtain information by deception.
“To have a decision against me and any other people that come behind me with their claims, given that Mirror Group have accepted hacking, ... yes, I would feel some injustice,” he said. The last time a British royal was questioned in court was in 1891, when the future Edward VII, Harry’s great-great-great grandfather, was a witness in a slander trial over a card game.MGN, now owned by Reach, has previously admitted its titles were involved in phone-hacking - the illegal interception of mobile voicemails - settling more than 600 claims, but Green has said there was no evidence Harry had ever been a victim.
In his 50-page written witness statement and in questioning, Harry has said the press had blood on its hands, destroyed his adolescence, ruined relationships with friends and girlfriends, and sowed paranoia and mistrust since 1996 when he was a schoolboy.
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