Prince Harry returns to court in tabloid phone hacking case

Prince Harry returned to a London court Tuesday as his attorney fought assertions that the phone hacking lawsuits he, Elton John and other celebrities have brought against the publisher of The Daily Mail are based on forbidden documents.

Associated Newspapers Ltd. denies the allegations and wants a judge to throw out lawsuits it says impermissibly rely on information the publisher turned over in confidentiality for a 2012 probe into media law breaking.

The lawsuit is one of several brought by the Duke of Sussex in his battle against the press. It alleges the company’s newspapers, which also include The Mail on Sunday, commissioned the “breaking and entry into private property,” and hired private investigators to illegally bug homes and cars and to record phone conversations.

The case also includes claims by actresses Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost. John and his husband, David Furnish, said the publisher unlawfully obtained the birth certificate of their