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Prince Harry suffers legal setback after a judge intervened to stop some of his witnesses giving 'commentary' rather than relevant evidence at his trial against The Sun's publisher

Prince Harry suffered a legal setback yesterday when a judge intervened to stop some of his witnesses giving ‘commentary’ – rather than relevant evidence – at his trial against the publisher of The Sun.

The newspaper has urged the court to prevent the Duke of Sussex turning the forthcoming court case into a ‘public inquiry’ against the Press.

And yesterday Mr Justice Fancourt ordered Harry’s lawyers to cut down a string of witness statements, including those from former prime minister Gordon Brown, ex-Commons Speaker John Bercow and singer Charlotte Church’s mother Maria.
He said that some of what they had to say was ‘merely commentary or argument’.

Under courtroom rules, witnesses can only give evidence of fact directly relevant to a case.

It is less than two weeks until a blockbuster trial expected to last for eight weeks starts at the High Court between Prince Harry, along with former Labour deputy leader Lord Tom Watson, against News Group Newspapers.

The pair are suing over alleged unlawful information-gathering and invasion of privacy.

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