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Royals on the witness stand

Last month, Prince Harry graced this country with one of his rare visits in order to testify in his lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers for alleged phone-hacking. His Royal Highness was the first senior member of the Royal Family to testify in court in 132 years.

On that occasion, the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), had been at a house party where a guest, the tiger-stalking and married women-chasing Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Gordon-Cumming, Bt., was accused of cheating at baccarat, a card game

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