When Prince Harry entered the witness box in his lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, he became the first senior member of the Royal Family to testify in court since the late 19th century.
When Prince Harry entered the witness box in his lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, he became the first senior member ofQueen Victoria's eldest son, Prince Albert Edward, testified twice, in the divorce proceedings of a woman with whom he was accused of having an affair with and later in a slander case involving a man accused of cheating at cards.
Though the prince was not accused of wrongdoing, the counsel for Sir William Gordon Cumming, the plaintiff who sued for slander after he was accused of cheating, tried to make the case a referendum on the prince's behaviour. One story noted that the growing storm around him could threaten the very existence of the English monarchy.
The last answer caused another flutter of excitement, followed by a whispered comment. The jury apparently had succeeded in bringing out squarely and beyond any possible doubt the fact that the Prince of Wales, in view of the evidence that had been placed before him at Tranby Croft by the ladies and gentleman who had played baccarat with Sir Wm. Cumming on September 8th and 9th, had become convinced of the plaintiff's guilt.The Prince assented to this and his examination was concluded.
"I wiSh to say in unmistakeable terms," exclaimed Sir Edward Clarke, raising his voice until it rang tellingly through the court, "that it would be impossible for the authorities to do any such thing, and leave on that list the names of Field Marshal, the Prince of Wales, and General Owen Williams."
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