Piers Morgan ripped into Prince Harry (Image: ITV)
made his feelings on ‘s trial abundantly clear as he hit out at the Duke of Sussex.
Harry, 40, and former Labour deputy leader Lord Tom Watson are suing News Group Newspapers (NGN) over alleged unlawful information gathering between 1996 and 2011. NGN denies any wrongdoing took place at The Sun.
The long-awaited trial in Harry’s lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s London tabloid opened on Tuesday (January 20), however, was adjourned his as Harry’s lawyer asked for two last-minute delays.
On X, People Magazine shared a post questioning when Harry will take the stand now that the trial has begun.
With bad blood still firmly between him, Harry and , Piers responded: “Who cares? The whiny hypocritical little brat has invaded royal privacy far worse than any tabloid.”
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Harry is suing News Group Newspapers (NGN) over alleged unlawful information gathering (Image: Getty)
Harry’s lawyers attempted to secure a third delay to the start of his trial against the publishers of The Sun, .
The trial was due to start at 10.30am today but was pushed back to 11.30am after a request from both sides, and then delayed again until 2pm following a second request.
A request was then made by barristers for both sides for a third adjournment until 10am on Wednesday.
Mr Sherborne said: “Having spoken with Mr Hudson (Anthony Hudson KC, counsel for NGN), on behalf of both of us we would like to ask Your Lordship for more time.
“We don’t do that lightly, as I am sure Your Lordship appreciates, but we do believe that with a couple of hours more today that, that given the progress that has been made between the parties, that that hopefully may be productive for the overall timetable of the trial.
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The trial opened on Tuesday, but Harry was nowhere to be seen (Image: Getty)
“I can’t say more about it at this stage. In the circumstances, there is only so much I can say, but Mr Hudson and I would not be asking for further time if we did not think it stood any prospect of potentially saving a lot of court time.”
Dismissing their request, the judge said: “I am not satisfied on the basis of what I have been shown so far that the trial should not proceed at this time and will therefore not allow the further adjournment.”
He added: “I’m not going to stand in the way of access to justice if the parties wish to go to the Court of Appeal.”
The trial, at the Rolls Building in London, is due to last several weeks.