Prince Harry has several ongoing court cases and has already claimed several partial victories in his ongoing battle with the British tabloids.

The trial against the publishers of The Sun is now taking a hopeful next step after a preliminary hearing in April.

According to BBC News, the Duke of Sussex's trial against News Group Newspapers is expected to take place next year, but according to Reuters, his phone hacking claim was dismissed for being "too late." Harry had previously told the court that he could not speak about the phone hacking allegations immediately because of a "secret agreement" between NGN and Buckingham Palace.

An NGN spokesperson said, "The High Court today dismissed the phone hacking complaint made by the Duke of Sussex against both the News of the World and The Sun in a significant victory for News Group Newspapers."

They continued, "The Duke of Sussex had argued that there was a 'secret agreement' between him/Buckingham Palace and NGN which stopped NGN claiming that the Duke's claims were too late. Judge Fancourt found that the Duke's claims regarding the alleged "secret agreement" were neither plausible nor credible. It is clear that there was no such agreement, and only the Duke claims that there was."

Meanwhile, royal reporter and Sussex biographer Omid Scobie gave us a handy tl;dr of the whole situation.

"Prince Harry has been given permission to bring part of his lawsuit against the publishers of The Sun to court," Scobie tweeted.

"The decision handed down this morning in the High Court in London means that the Duke of Sussex can proceed with allegations of illegal intelligence gathering and illegal use of private investigators from the mid-1990s to 2016.

"Judge Fancourt, however, refused to allow Harry to proceed with the phone hacking allegations on the grounds that the claims were too late. The judge said the Duke could not amend his complaint to rely on a "secret agreement" between Buckingham Palace and News Group newspaper executives.

Harry's lawsuit against NGN is one of several he is currently involved in. He is also suing Associated Newspapers for alleged defamation and ANL with other public figures, including Elton John, for "invasion of privacy." He has also filed a lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers.