Prince Harry's lawyers lambasted as Duke of Sussex loses court bid to name Rupert Murdoch in hacking claim

Prince Harry's lawyers lambasted as Duke of Sussex loses court bid to name Rupert Murdoch in hacking claim

Prince Harry's lawyers have been lambasted as the Duke of Sussex lost his court bid to name Rupert Murdoch in his hacking claim.Lawyers for the Duke of Sussex and others were criticised by a judge for trying "to shoot at 'trophy' targets", as they lost a bid to drag Rupert Murdoch into their hacking trial against the publisher of The Sun.Justice Timothy Fancourt said they were trying to "inculpate the man at the very top" by pinning knowledge on…

Prince Harry fails in effort to name Rupert Murdoch in phone-hacking trial

As much as Prince Harry claims to hate the media, he never manages to stay out of the spotlight for long. Now it transpires that the renegade royal has been reprimanded by a UK High Court judge for trying to bag “trophy targets” — and has been told that he cannot take phone-hacking allegations against Rupert Murdoch to trial. The pampered prince’s team claimed at a court hearing in March that Murdoch, owner of News Group Newspapers, was aware of…