Prince Harry's trial against Rupert Murdoch's The Sun owner News Group has kicked off in London, with the Duke of Sussex expected to attend in February

Prince Harry is on the cusp of a major high-stakes court battle against Rupert Murdoch 's media empire in which he hopes to settle a lifelong score—but an expert told Newsweek that the gains may be outstripped by his costs.

Prince Harry and former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson are suing the Sun publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN) over alleged unlawful information gathering The Duke of Sussex alleges journalists and private investigators working for NGN - which also published the now defunct News of the World - targeted him,

The royal is accusing The Sun and The News of the World over decades of phone hacking and unlawful news gathering

LONDON (AP) — The sequel to Prince Harry vs. the British tabloids begins Tuesday in a high-stakes trial pitting him against Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers that could cost him millions even if he wins.

Harry, as well as former Labour deputy leader Lord Tom Watson, are suing News Group Newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering, which the company denies. The trial was due to start at 10.30am on Tuesday, but David Sherborne, for the duke and Lord Watson, asked the judge for the start of the hearing to be delayed.

Prince Harry's legal battle against Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group goes to trial at the High Court in London on Tuesday with the royal seeking a ruling that senior figures knew about and covered up widespread wrongdoing.

The scandal destroyed a Rupert Murdoch -owned newspaper and cost Murdoch hundreds of millions of dollars to settle lawsuits from the targets of tabloid attention. And it fueled Harry’s quest to tame the British press,