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  • Prince Harry

    Prince Harry’s lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch is going to trial—except for the phone hacking claims

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Huw Edwards

    Huw Edwards’ wife identifies him as BBC presenter accused of sexual misconduct. Police say no evidence he committed any crime

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Meghan Markle

    Sun tabloid’s column fantasizing about abusing a naked Meghan Markle breached editorial standards, UK watchdog says

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Prince Harry arrives at the High Court in London, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Prince Harry has given evidence from the witness box and has sworn to tell the truth in testimony against a tabloid publisher he accuses of phone hacking and other unlawful snooping. He alleges that journalists at the Daily Mirror and its sister papers used unlawful techniques on an “industrial scale” to get scoops. Publisher Mirror Group Newspapers is contesting the claims. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)Lifestyle

    Prince Harry is on a mission to hold newspapers accountable for phone hacking and illegal surveillance but offers little evidence in court trial

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook Britain’s Prince Harry being cross examined by Andrew Green KC, as he gives evidence at the Rolls Buildings in central London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023 during the phone hacking trial against Mirror Group Newspapers (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP)Lifestyle

    Prince Harry testifies that tabloids ruined his childhood but can’t recall specific stories saying ‘every single article’ caused him ‘distress’

    By Brian Melley, Jill Lawless, and others
  • Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attends the Coronation of King Charles III

    Prince Harry didn’t show up for the first day of his phone hacking trial—and the judge was not impressed

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Hugh GrantLifestyle

    Hugh Grant can sue a London tabloid for allegedly tapping his phone, bugging his car and breaking into his home, judge rules

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex leave The Ziegfeld TheatreLifestyle

    Prince Harry told he can’t pay for U.K. police to be his personal protection

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 06: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex arrives for the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Westminster Abbey on May 6, 2023 in London, England. The Coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the other Commonwealth realms takes place at Westminster Abbey today. Charles acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022, upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. (Photo by Andy Stenning – WPA Pool/Getty Images)Lifestyle

    Prince Harry wants to challenge a decision denying him government-funded police protection when he visits the UK

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Prince Harry leaves Westminster Abbey after the Coronation of King Charles III in London, Saturday, May 6 2023. Prince Harry’s legal battle against the British press faces its biggest test yet and threatens to do something he said his family long feared: put a royal on the witness stand to discuss embarrassing revelations. (Dan Charity/Pool Photo via AP, File)

    Prince Harry’s phone hacking case sees British tabloid group admit it used illegal means to gather info on him

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • PARIS, FRANCE – FEBRUARY 12: Eva Green attends the European premiere of Liaison on February 12, 2023 in Paris, France. Liaison will premiere globally on Apple TV+ Friday, February 24, 2023. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/Getty Images for Apple)Finance

    James Bond actress Eva Green wins $1 million in court battle with producers over a failed ‘B movie’ film project

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Britain’s Prince Harry waves to the media as he leaves the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Prince Harry is expected to testify in a London courtroom in June in one of his phone hacking lawsuits against British tabloids. Lawyers for the Duke of Sussex said Wednesday, April 5 in High Court that he will probably testify in early to mid-June. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)Lifestyle

    An attorney for a British tabloid is using Prince Harry’s own comments against him to try and throw out his phone hacking lawsuit

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Prince Harry and Prince WilliamLifestyle

    Rupert Murdoch secretly paid Prince William ‘a very large sum of money’ for hacking into his phone for tabloid stories

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Alana Gee, the widow of a former University of Southern California football player suing the NCAA.Lifestyle

    The widow of an ex-college football player says her husband suffered head trauma and is asking the NCAA for $55 million in damages

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Lynda Carter, Cory PalkaLifestyle

    Former Hollywood cop who doubled as Les Moonves’ private bodyguard sent him a confidential sexual assault report, prosecutors say

    By Brian Melley, Stefanie Dazio, and others