Why was Prince Harry's claim that Buckingham Palace had a secret deal with newspaper executives thrown out by Mr. Justice Fancourt who ruled it as implausible?
Prince Harry's phone-hacking claim against The Sun's publisher, News Group Newspapers, has faced a setback. The claim was thrown out by the judge, Mr. Justice Fancourt, due to an "extraordinary wrangle" concerning a supposed Buckingham Palace "secret agreement" that prevented Harry from bringing the case sooner. Prince Harry arrives to give evidence at the Mirror Group Phone hacking trial on June 7, 2023 Harry had argued that a clandestine deal between palace courtiers and newspaper executives had hindered him from pursuing the case earlier. However, the judge ruled this claim as "implausible" and rejected it as the reason for the late claim. As a result, the phone-hacking element of Harry's claim was deemed "time barred" and struck out. Nevertheless, the rest of Harry's case, which involves allegations of other illegal activities such as private investigators obtaining information about him, will continue, and a trial is sched...