Prince Harry accused the royal family of withholding information from him regarding wiretapping of his phone by British newspapers, in a statement published on Tuesday as part of the lawsuit he filed against the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper.

For the second day in a row, the youngest son of King Charles participated in a session of the High Court in London, where hearings are being held in cases against the "Associated Newspaper" (ANL), which several celebrities accuse of illegally collecting information about them.

In his statement signed on February 24, which was seen by AFP, Harry discussed his strained relations with the media since the death of his mother, Diana.

He pointed out that the royal family had deterred him from flirting with the press because "that would have sparked a chain of unwanted events and reactions."

He continued, "There is no doubt that the royal family was withholding information from me regarding the hacking of my phone, and it only became clear to me in recent years when I filed a lawsuit personally."

Harry, who is on an exceptional visit to the United Kingdom, suddenly came to London to participate in a hearing in which the "ANL" house is trying to drop lawsuits brought against it by the youngest son of King Charles, singer Elton John and actress Liz Hurley.

The six prosecutors accuse the "ANL" house of using investigators to eavesdrop on them.

The media group had "categorically and unequivocally refuted this absurd defamation which appears to be a planned attempt to involve the Daily Mail publications in a wiretapping scandal involving articles dating back 30 years".

The British tabloid press was rocked about ten years ago by scandals of illegal wiretapping, which had been practiced since the beginning of the first decade of the twenty-first century.

The sudden appearance of Prince Harry in London comes just over a month before his father, the king, is crowned on May 6. Harry and his wife Megan moved to the United States after their withdrawal from the royal family in 2020, but they have not yet announced whether they will accept the invitation.

After a documentary about Harry was shown on Netflix in December, the prince released his controversial memoir, Spear, in early January, in which he details the breakdown of his relationship with his father and brother William.