Alawyer in a London court on Thursday accused Prince Harry of having “deliberately destroyed” documents potentially relevant to his unlawful information-gathering lawsuit against one of Britain’s biggest tabloid publishers, though the presiding judge questioned the suggestion.

Regalrumination.com reached out to representatives of Prince Harry via email for comment.

Harry is one of a large number of claimants suing Rupert Murdoch-owned News Group Newspapers (NGN) in Britain, publishers of The Sun newspaper and the now defunct News of The World, over historical allegations of unlawful information gathering.

It has been reported that lawyers for the tabloid publisher have requested access to thousands of private communications written by and addressed to Harry, including emails, WhatsApp messages, and text messages from various sources, including members of the royal household and even the ghostwriter of his memoir.

Harry’s lawyers described the publisher’s request as a “fishing expedition,” The Telegraph reported. They told the court that the prince no longer had access to several old email accounts and that communication between the royal and his memoir ghostwriter, J.R. Moehringer, was lost.

The prince’s legal team has, however, detailed a number of ways in which the royal has complied with gathering the requested information. These have included performing a physical search of his California home for relevant items, including hard drives and computers, supplying information from email addresses he has access to, and contacting senior members of King Charles III’s staff and the royal household to inquire if they hold any relevant information.

Despite this, the lawyer acting for NGN, Anthony Hudson KC, accused Harry of “obfuscating” and attempting to “create an obstacle course,” blocking the publisher from obtaining their desired information, Reuters reported.

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