Prince Harry’s court case was due to begin at London’s High Court this morning, but his lawyer has asked for a last-minute delay.
The Duke of Sussex and former Labour deputy leader Lord Tom Watson are suing News Group Newspapers (NGN), the publishers of the Sun, over allegations of unlawful information gathering, which the company denies.
The trial was due to start at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, but David Sherborne, the barrister representing the duke and Lord Watson, asked the judge to delay the start of the hearing.
He said: “I have been asked to ask your Lordship if we can have a short adjournment for an hour… I appreciate that might cause some inconvenience.”
Mr Justice Fancourt agreed to the adjournment, but said: “It does not cause inconvenience, it causes the loss of some time if this trial is going to proceed.”
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