Prince Harry does not attend his case against Mirror Group Newspapers

The cameras turned up en masse, but the Prince did not, and if the Duke of Sussex was hoping to get the judge onside for his case against Mirror Group Newspapers, it seems his absence had the opposite effect.

Mr Justice Fancourt said he was “a little surprised” at Harry’s no-show, and lawyers for the publisher – which denies the Prince’s accusations of phone hacking – said he was “wasting time”.