Prince Harry, Elton John appear before court in privacy case against UK newspaper

Harry is also already suing the publisher for an article that alleges he tried to hush up his legal challenge over the UK government's refusal to allow him to pay for security. Earlier this month, at a hearing in the London high court, his lead attorney had asked Judge Matthew Nickin to either strike out the publisher's defence or to deliver a summary judgment, which would then be a ruling in his favour without going to trial.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan lost their UK police protection that was publicly funded when they stepped down as senior working members of the royal family and moved to North America in 2020.