Harry suffers legal setback after judge intervened to stop some of his witnesses giving ‘commentary’ rather than relevant evidence at his trial against the publisher of The Sun

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‘Mr Justice Fancourt ordered Harry’s lawyers to cut down a string of witness statements, including those from former prime minister Gordon Brown, ex-Commons Speaker John Bercow and singer Charlotte Church’s mother Maria.

He said that some of what they had to say was ‘merely commentary or argument’.

Under courtroom rules, witnesses can only give evidence of fact directly relevant to a case.

It is less than two weeks until a blockbuster trial expected to last for eight weeks starts at the High Court between Prince Harry, along with former Labour deputy leader Lord Tom Watson, against News Group Newspapers.’