 titles(Picture: Reuters) Prince Harry has been partially successful in a bid to take Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group to trial. He had accused the company of phone-hacking and other unlawful activities. The Duke of Sussex took his battle with News Group Newspapers (NGN) to the High Court in London over the multiple alleged unlawful acts. He claimed they were carried out on behalf of its tabloids, the Sun and the now-defunct News of the World, from the mid-1990s until 2016. Part of the Duke of Sussex's damages claim can go ahead to trial, a High Court judge has now decided. Mr Justice Fancourt ruled today that Harry can not bring his claim against News Group Newspapers (NGN), publisher of The Sun and now-defunct News Of The World, in relation to phone hacking. However the judge said the rest of his claim, relating to other allegations of unlawful information gathering such as use of private investigators, could be tried. Mr Justice Fancourt refused to allow the duke to amend his case to rely on a 'secret agreement' between Buckingham Palace and senior NGN executives. Harry following a recent court appearance in relation to action taken against Mirror Group Newspapers (Picture: Reuters) Harry, 38, brought his case against NGN, which he has accused of ruining his relationships with friends and ex-girlfriends and severely impacting his life as a teenager and young man. In 2012, the newspaper group issued an unreserved apology for widespread hacking carried out by journalists at the News of the World. Murdoch was forced to shut down the paper amid a backlash, but it rejects allegations of any wrongdoing by staff at the Sun. In May, Fancourt ruled that Hugh Grant's claims that the Sun had used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house could proceed to trial, but said his phone-hacking allegations had been made too late. Harry's lawyers said the prince h){kind=link}
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Prince Harry has been partially successful in a bid to take Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group to trial.
He had accused the company of phone-hacking and other unlawful activities.
The Duke of Sussex took his battle with News Group Newspapers (NGN) to the High Court in London over the multiple alleged unlawful acts.
He claimed they were carried out on behalf of its tabloids, the Sun and the now-defunct News of the World, from the mid-1990s until 2016.