Ahead of the press trial, an expert appears to warn Prince Harry that he would “achieve very little” with the case against a giant media empire.
His case brought him against media magnate Rupert Murdoch. the sun and the deceased News of the world.
He alleged that people who worked for the tabloids from 1996 to 2011 illegally spied on his private life, including allegedly obtaining the flight logs of his ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy.
But Professor Tim Luckhurst, principal of South College at the British University of Durham, said news week“I think he’s spending a lot of money to achieve very little.”
His comments come as the Duke of Sussexx and former British lawmaker Tom Watson are the latest key remains in their lawsuits against News Group Newspapers after more than 1,000 cases were settled in the phone hacking scandal.
However, Harry previously argued that his motive is truth, but not money. “Seeing all this evidence now is infuriating,” he said in his 2023 witness statement.
“Knowing that we were being tracked, tapped, and hacked while trying to have a private relationship, just to [publisher] NGN could print a story and sell a newspaper, it’s mind-blowing,” the 40-year-old continues.
“Methods that should, at best, be reserved for proper investigative journalism analyzing public interest stories were being used on normal, innocent people, and for what?” he pointed out.
“In my opinion, those responsible should be jailed as there is no justification and, frankly, it is criminal. Any claim or suggestion that senior staff were not aware of what their employees/journalists were doing is obviously a lie “Harry concluded.
