Since his separation from the Royal Family, Prince Harry has been facing one chaotic situation after another. Nevertheless, in the middle of all the chaos, the Duke also finds some moments of happiness. For instance, on the 4th of June, the Duke and Duchess, Meghan Markle, celebrated the second birthday of their daughter, Lilibet. But it seemed the Duke missed one of the most important things, the trial date of his battle with the UK media publications. 

The author of Spare filed a lawsuit against the publisher of Daily Mirror that began today. The case went to trial, and the Duke was supposed to be present on the opening day at the court. However, as AP News reported, the Duke remained absent during the opening day at the court. Thus, the trial against Daily Mirror went ahead without the presence of the Duke, which made the judge very unhappy.

The Duke of Sussex’s lawyer informed the court he had to fly back home as the reason for his absence to testify the opening statements. Justice Timothy Fancourt expressed the feeling of ‘surprise’ and added Prince Harry had strict instructions to be present on the first day. The representative lawyer of the Mirror group also said the Duke’s absence ‘deeply troubled’ him as well. Although the 38-year-old had to testify on Tuesday, the previous week, his lawyer got an update about Harry being present at the Monday proceedings in London’s High Court.

The Duke of Sussex had filed cases against 3 major publication houses in the UK. The case with the Mirror group was the first one. Therefore, it was crucial for him to attend on the opening day. But what are the charges that the Duke filed against these media houses?

Why did Prince Harry file lawsuits against these publication houses in the UK?

Since 1891, Prince Harry would be the first member of the royal family to testify in the High Court. Apparently, the Duke blames the media houses for leaking the information about his mother, Princess Diana, that had her killed in a car crash. He also reported cases of harassment and intervention by the United Kingdom’s media houses. Moreover, because of the racist articles by the press, he and his wife had to leave the UK as well.

He also reported the media houses for unlawfully hacking into his phone in order to find and use pieces of information against him. He has also mentioned details about the same in his memoir, Spare. His anger and frustration for these troubles are running deep and the Prince plans to claim at least £200,000 for the damages made by the media houses.

Nevertheless, the Duke failed to attend the first day of his cases against these media houses. What are your thoughts about his absence? Let us know in the comments below.