Prince Harry – latest court news: Privacy battle continues as King in Germany for first state visit

Friends close to Prince Andrew have hit out at reports that he is planning to write a memoir.

On Sunday, a number of newspapers claimed that the Duke of York was in talks to produce a tell-all autobiography, following the success of Prince Harry’s book ‘Spare’.

However, friends of his family have taken the unusual step to make his views known following the reports.

Claims the Duke of York is in talks to produce an autobiography like Prince Harry are said to be ‘pure fantasy’

King Charles and Camilla arrive in Berlin for first state visit as monarch

Sir Elton John and David Furnish have a “paternal and protective” friendship with the Duke of Sussex, the singer’s husband has said.

The couple are part of a group – along with Harry, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Simon Hughes and actresses Sadie Frost and Liz Hurley – bringing claims over allegations Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) carried out or commissioned illegal or unlawful information-gathering.

The allegations – which are denied – include the hiring of private investigators to place listening devices inside cars and the accessing and recording of private phone conversations.

The men are bringing claims over allegations Associated Newspapers Limited carried out or commissioned illegal or unlawful information-gathering

Prince Harry leaves High Court after second day of case against Daily Mail publisher

Duke ‘deprived of important aspects of his teenage years’ by newspaper publisher, lawyer says.

Duke ‘deprived of important aspects of his teenage years’ by newspaper publisher, lawyer says

A new portrait of King Charles III depicts his “warmth” and “empathy” and shows him wearing a bracelet given to him by an indigenous Amazon leader, the artist has said.

Alastair Barford said he wanted to capture Charles’s “sensitivity” in the oil painting, with the inclusion of the bracelet a nod to his environmental campaigning.

The picture was commissioned by the Illustrated London News for its special coronation edition, which is on sale from Thursday.

Artist Alastair Barford said he wanted to capture Charles’s warmth and sensitivity in the oil painting

Prince Harry had just two words of advice for reporters who had gathered outside the High Court ahead of his arrival.

The prince is one of a group of high-profile individuals who have accused the Daily Mail publishers of privacy breaches.

In a witness statement, he accused the royal family of “without doubt” withholding information from him about the alleged phone hacking.

As he walked into the building for the second day of the preliminary hearing, he addressed the reporters and said: “Stay dry.”

Prince Harry had just two words of advice for reporters who had gathered outside the High Court ahead of his arrival. The prince is one of a group of high-profile individuals who have accused the Daily Mail publishers of privacy breaches. In a witness statement, he accused the royal family of “without doubt” withholding information from him about the alleged phone hacking. As he walked into the building for the second day of the preliminary hearing, he addressed the reporters and said: “Stay dry.” Click here to sign up for our newsletters.

In the modern world, when conflicts turn hot, they also turn complicated. When one country invades another, it is not uncommon for it to end up with less, not more, than when it started, writes Tom Peck.

Not that long ago, capitalism and communism were engaged in what really should have been a straightforward existential struggle, but it hadn’t even been going for all that long before America was secretly selling guns to Iran and sending the profits to a guerrilla movement in Nicaragua for reasons that really don’t make sense even on the tenth reading of the Wikipedia page on the subject.

Prince Harry is suing the Daily Mail for running what he alleges to be a covert surveillance operation on him, yet his witness statement on the matter appears to be more concerned with ramping up another conflict – with his own family.

The Duke of Sussex is suing the Daily Mail for running what he alleges to be a covert surveillance operation on him, yet his witness statement on the matter appears to be more concerned with ramping up another conflict – with his own family

The Duke of Sussex’s privacy claim against the publisher of the Daily Mail is rejected “in its entirety”, brought “far too late”, and should be thrown out by a judge, the High Court has been told.

Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) says legal challenges brought by a number of high-profile individuals, including Sir Elton John and Baroness Doreen Lawrence of Clarendon, have “no real prospects of succeeding” at a trial.

The publisher’s lawyers argued at the High Court in London on Wednesday that the cases should be dismissed or a judgment made in its favour without a trial.

But the legal team for Harry and others say ANL’s bid is “hopeless, plainly inappropriate and suggestive of a tactical gamble” to avoid a full trial.

King Charles plants tree with German president during Berlin visit