British newspaper publisher Daily Mirror apologized to Prince Harry illegal search for information about him at the start of a lawsuit the royal family has filed for an alleged “industrial scale” phone hacking in which he is expected to testify.

Enrique, 38, and hundreds of other celebrities, including actors, athletes, singers and TV presenters, have sued the publisher. Mirror Group newspapers (MGN), blaming their publications on habitual access to information. private through widespread phone hacking, deception and other illegal means between 1991 and 2011.

Harry accuses the publication of spying on him for 16 years, adding that his mother, Diana of Wales; his father, the newly crowned King Charles, and his former girlfriends were also spied on.

Plaintiffs contend that the misconduct in Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People it was prepared with the full knowledge of the editors and senior executives, who they said knew about it, approved it and they covered actively.

MGN opposes allegations, claiming some were brought too late and they rejected most others, such as that there is no evidence that Prince Harry, King Charles’ youngest son, was the victim of a burglary.

However, in documents filed with the London High Court, MGN admitted that at one point Private Investigator collect illegal evidence about him at a London nightclub in 2004, claiming that “it was sorry without reservation and acknowledges that (Harry) is entitled to adequate compensation.”

Enrique, who was not present at the beginning of the hearing, was chosen as one of the four test cases for a seven-week trial and is due to testify in person in early June, becoming the first British member of the royal family to do so since the 19th century, according to local media.