Prince Harry is expected to return to the United Kingdom next week to testify in his lawsuit against Associated Newspapers Limited, the publisher of the Daily Mail, in a case centered on alleged unlawful information-gathering practices.

The visit has also prompted speculation over whether the Duke of Sussex will meet with any members of the royal family while in Britain. No official details of potential family engagements have been confirmed.

Harry is one of seven claimants in the case, alongside high-profile figures including musician Elton John and actress Elizabeth Hurley. The group alleges that Associated Newspapers employed illegal methods to obtain private information in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including hiring private investigators to place covert listening devices in cars and homes and paying police officers for confidential information.

Harry is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday, January 22. Lawyers for both sides appeared before a judge on January 15 for a pretrial hearing to finalize witness testimony and consider last-minute amendments to the case.

Associated Newspapers has repeatedly denied all allegations of wrongdoing.

The lawsuit marks Harry’s final major legal battle against British tabloid publishers, following a series of high-profile cases over media intrusion into his private life.

In 2023, Harry reached a settlement with Mirror Group Newspapers in a phone-hacking lawsuit, in which the publisher admitted to past unlawful information-gathering, apologized, agreed to pay his legal costs, and awarded him approximately £300,000 (about $400,000) in damages.

Last year, he also settled a separate case against News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun, which issued an apology for what it called a “serious intrusion” into his personal life between 1996 and 2011 and paid substantial damages.