Prince Harry has arrived at the High Court in London for the last day of a hearing in his latest legal battle.
He was seen arriving at the Royal Courts of Justice this afternoon midway through proceedings and smiled and waved to passers-by as he entered the building after skipping the third day of the hearing yesterday. He arrived through the building’s side entrance around 1.45pm.
Harry has now attended three days of the four-day hearing after making a surprise trip to the UK to attend the preliminary hearing in his claim against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL).
Harry made an unexpected appearance at the court on Monday for the first day of the hearing, where he was snapped by waiting photographers as he left his car and entered the building. He also attended on Tuesday but was missing on Wednesday.
His current trip to the UK is believed to be the first time Harry has been back in the UK since the late Queen's funeral in September.
His surprise return comes nearly three months after he laid bare his troubled relationship with his father King Charles and brother Prince William in his controversial autobiography Spare.
Harry was not expected to meet up with his father while in the UK - even though the King was informed of his visit - as he is "busy" on Monday and Tuesday.
Yesterday, he started the first state visit of his reign with a three-day trip to Germany with Queen Camilla, where they were given a ceremonial welcome at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate and attended a state banquet at Schloss Bellevue.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are not currently in Windsor either because of the youngsters' school Easter holidays.
Harry and Meghan have been asked to vacate their UK home Frogmore Cottage on the Windsor estate, in a move sanctioned by the King, meaning Harry could spend some of his time packing up any remaining possessions.
His visit also comes amid questions over whether he and wife Meghan Markle will be in the UK in just six weeks time to attend the Coronation of his father at Westminster Abbey.
Harry is among a number of high-profile individuals who have brought a case against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers over alleged unlawful information-gathering at its titles.
At the High Court yesterday, the Daily Mail publisher was bringing a bid to end claims brought by people including Harry, Sir Elton John and Baroness Doreen Lawrence over alleged unlawful activity at its titles.
The group of high-profile individuals, also including Sir Elton’s husband David Furnish and actresses Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost, announced in October they were bringing claims for misuse of private information against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL).
The publisher hit back at the allegations, describing them at the time as "preposterous smears" and a "pre-planned and orchestrated attempt to drag the Mail titles into the phone-hacking scandal".
The four-day preliminary hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, which started on Monday, is set to include ANL's bid for the claims to be dismissed without a trial.
