Three months after a lengthy trial concluded, a verdict has been handed down in the Duke of Sussex’s High Court case against the Daily Mail publisher, as he alleged they gathered information unlawfully14:19, 07 Jul 2026Prince Harry, has lost his High Court case against Associated Newspapers Limited.‌The Duke of Sussex, Sir Elton John and others’ claims over alleged unlawful information gathering by Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers have been dismissed by a High Court judge.‌Harry appeared in court in January to give evidence against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL). The Duke was present in London’s Royal Courts of Justice over a few days, in which he became emotional multiple times while recounting "trauma" from intimate details of his and Meghan Markle's lives being made public.‌Harry appeared on the verge of tears as he spoke, becoming upset as he mentioned his wife, the Duchess of Sussex. He said, voice faltering, and appearing on the verge of tears: "They continue to come after me, they have made my wife’s life an absolute misery, my Lord."Harry’s lawyer David Sherborne told the court the news articles, written between 2001 and 2013 “focus primarily and in a highly intrusive and damaging way, on the relationships which he formed, or rather tried to form, during those years prior to meeting his now wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.”‌Sherborne also defended the Duke's decision to take legal action against the publisher, as he told the court: “In his witness statement for the trial, the Duke of Sussex speaks of the impact which this has had on him – the distress, the paranoia and the other feelings that it generated.“But given what we’ve seen, is it any wonder that he feels that way, or as he explains, that he feels he has endured a sustained campaign of attacks against him for having had the temerity to stand up to Associated in the way that he has so publicly done.”The court heard how Harry felt he had “endured a sustained campaign of attacks against him" from the publisher, with the "highly intrusive" acts prompting feelings of "distress and paranoia".‌Throughout the 11-week trial earlier this year, the High Court in London heard claims brought by a group – which also includes Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Liz Hurley, Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish – against ANL of unlawful information-gathering.Article continues belowThese include allegations of voicemail interception, landline tapping and obtaining information by deception – also known as “blagging”, carried out by private investigators, freelance journalists and ANL staff.Throughout the trial, ANL strongly denied the claims and defended the case, saying it “has established a complete defence to all parts of the claims on the merits” and that the cases have been brought too late. The verdict comes as Harry kicks off several days of engagements in the UK, ahead of a major Invictus Games event in Birmingham on Friday.