A minute before 11.30am on Wednesday, the rescheduled start time for the latest episode of his battle against sections of the British press, Prince Harry slipped into the rear of court 76 at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, flanked by his security detail. Then he took a seat at the back, armed with a bottle of water and a grievance built over decades.
He has been here before, of course. This is the third major newspaper publisher that the Duke of Sussex has pursued at this court over alleged illegal information gathering, but the prince seemed especially eager to have his say against Associated Newspapers, the publishers of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.
A brief false alarm over the arrival in court of Mr Justice Nicklin saw the assembled lawyers, journalists and members of the public briefly bob to their feet and back down again, ami
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