Prince Harry to make royal historical past in witness field

Prince Harry is about to look within the witness field within the Excessive Courtroom in London as a part of his lawsuit towards Mirror Group Newspapers – the primary senior British royal to take the stand because the Eighteen Nineties.

Here’s a temporary historical past of senior royals in court docket:

EDWARD VII

* The final time a senior British royal gave proof in court docket concerned Edward VII who, earlier than he grew to become king, was a witness in a slander trial in 1891 over a card sport

* He had beforehand entered the witness field in 1870, testifying in a divorce case after he was falsely accused of being one in every of a British MP’s spouse’s lovers

GEORGE V

* His son George V was accused of bigamy by a republican newspaper in 1910 shortly after he grew to become king

* Though he didn’t give proof, George supplied a written assertion to the court docket denying bigamy and the creator of the article was sentenced to at least one 12 months in jail for libel

CHARLES I

* Charles I used to be placed on trial for treason in 1649, after the tip of the English Civil Battle

* He refused to recognise the authority of the court docket to listen to his prosecution however was discovered responsible and sentenced to demise

PRINCE ANDREW

* Harry’s uncle was sued in america in 2021 by Virginia Giuffre for allegedly sexually abusing her when she was a youngster, in a case targeted on Andrew’s friendship with the late Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and convicted intercourse offender who she stated additionally sexually abused her

* Andrew settled the case final 12 months however didn’t admit wrongdoing within the settlement, didn’t seem in court docket and has not been charged with any prison offence

PRINCESS ANNE

* The Princess Royal, the one daughter of the late Queen Elizabeth, pleaded responsible to rushing in 2001 and was fined STG400 ($A752) and given 5 penalty factors on her driving licence

* The next 12 months, Anne grew to become the primary British royal to be convicted of a prison offence in 350 years when she pleaded responsible to failing to cease one in every of her canines from biting two kids

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