Prince Harry likely to receive 'significant damages' in lawsuit, legal expert says

Prince Harry took the stand last week as part of a lawsuit he filed against the Mirror Group Newspapers, which publishes the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, and Daily Express. And he is expected to receive "significant damages" from the lawsuit, says legal expert Neama Rahmani, according to Us Weekly.

Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor and president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, says, "I don't know what the judge will do, but I would expect him to be awarded significant damages because this is pretty outrageous behavior."

Harry is suing Miller Group Newspapers, Inc. for accessing his voicemail between 1996 and 2011 and illegally collecting information about him. A 55-page witness statement was released Tuesday before he took the stand.

The statement helped bolster Harry's case, Rahmani said. 'He probably prepared this statement with the help of his lawyer to show how he was affected by this hack. 'How personal this information is. My guess is that the prince will get a large award. In other words, hacking into someone's phone is really crossing the line in terms of reporting. This is illegal."

As part of the trial, Harry discussed his relationship with Caroline Flack, whom he dated briefly and died by suicide in 2020. In his witness statement, Harry recalled that he began to suspect Flack and her friend Mark Dyer after the media somehow learned of a poker night with friends in 2009.

"Only Marco, Caroline, and I knew of the plan, and only a couple of others were invited, and I don't think they knew Caroline was going to be there," he wrote, and he "began to strongly suspect" that someone had tipped off the press. He continued, "I now believe that this information came from our voicemail (mine, Marco's, or Caroline's). The impact this type of story has had on my relationships cannot be underestimated. Even the people I trusted the most eventually became suspicious."