it may be his second day in court. but for prince harry, it will start with another moment in front of the world s media. not an experience, he told the court yesterday, he would wish on anyone. he ll know what to expect now. several hours in the witness box while mirror barrister andrew green kc works through more of the 33 stories the duke says were based on phone hacking or information from private investigators. an example, the people in 2003, which reported that princes harry and william had disagreed about whether to confront this man, paul burrell, a former butler to their mother, princess diana, who d been selling stories about her. harry was reported to have used an expletive while calling burrell two faced. his claim that those words were only used in a voicemail message to william hacked by the newspaper for a story which sowed discord between the princes, he said.
It s been a busy, tumultuous few days for Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex as he took his place on the witness stand in his trial against the Mirror Group Newspapers. Here are royal commentator Afua Hagan s top takeaways from his two-day grilling.
lukwesa. yesterday he faced nearly five hours of questions from a barristerfor mirror nearly five hours of questions from a barrister for mirror group newspapers, becoming the first senior royal in more than two decades to appear personally and court proceedings. today, the press are out in their numbers, there was are out in their numbers, there was a queue stretching all the way around a building to get into the public gallery, there is still a lot of interest in this. what can we expect today? let s begin by looking back at what happened yesterday, here is tom simmons. tom symonds. it may be his second day in court, but for prince harry, it will start with another moment in front of the world s media, not an experience, he told the court yesterday, he would wish on anyone. he ll know what to expect now. several hours in the witness box while mirror barrister andrew green kc works through more of the 33 stories the duke says were based on phone hacking or information from priva
It s been a busy, tumultuous few days for Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex as he took his place on the witness stand in his trial against the Mirror Group Newspapers. Here are royal commentator Afua Hagan s top takeaways from his two-day grilling.