Harry wins latest round in legal battle with UK papers

LONDON: Publishers of two UK newspapers Friday lost a bid to have a case for unlawful information gathering brought against them by Prince Harry and others thrown out of court, opening the way for a possible trial. Lawyers for Associated Newspapers (ANL) - publishers of Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday - had argued the claims were brought too late. But the judge disagreed and said the case could go ahead.

Other claimants are pop star Elton John, his husband David Furnish, actors Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost, politician Simon Hughes, and Doreen Lawrence, whose son was killed in a racist murder in 1993.

The claimants accuse ANL of hiring private investigators, tapping phone calls and impersonating individuals to obtain medical information for articles. ANL, however, has dismissed all the allegations.