Emotional Prince Harry Concludes Two-Day Cross-Examination Amid Phone-Hacking Allegations

An emotional Prince Harry completed two days of intense cross-examination at the High Court, confessing that he lacks concrete evidence to substantiate his suspicion of daily unlawful interception of his phone messages.

The Duke of Sussex, 38, visibly wrestled with his emotions following exhaustive questioning related to his allegations that the Daily and Sunday Mirror, as well as the Sunday People, employed unlawful tactics to gather information about him.

When asked by his lawyer about his feelings after the intense interrogation, Harry replied simply: "It's a lot."

Andrew Green, the barrister for Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), posed a question to Harry about whether he believed his phone messages had been regularly intercepted unlawfully during the timeframe in question, from 1996 to 2010.

Harry responded, "It could have been on a daily basis, I don't know."

In response to Green's inquiry about any evidence to support this claim, Harry stated, "No, that's the... reason I am here."

Harry, appearing unsure, repeatedly said "I don't know" when pressed for specifics concerning the stories he is contesting. His lawsuit against MGN seeks damages, arguing that approximately 140 articles - with 33 under scrutiny in the trial - contained information collected through illicit means.

Harry's case is being heard concurrently with the claims of three others.

Although MGN has extended an apology to Harry for one case involving the use of a private investigator to obtain information, the media group maintains that other stories stemmed from friends, aides, palace statements, or information already in the public domain.

A representative of MGN stated, "Where historical wrongdoing has taken place, we have made admissions, take full responsibility and ­apologize unreservedly, but we will vigorously defend against allegations of wrongdoing where our journalists acted lawfully."

"MGN is now part of a very different company. We are committed to acting with integrity and our objective is to allow the business and our journalists to move forward from events that took place many years ago."

The trial, based in central London, is set to proceed.