Prince Harry is set to appear in the witness box in the High Court in London as part of his lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers - the first senior British royal to take the stand since the 1890s. Here is a brief history of senior royals in court: EDWARD VII * The last time a senior British royal gave evidence in court involved Edward VII who, before he became king, was a witness in a slander trial in 1891 over a card game * He had previously entered the witness box in 1870, testifying in a divorce case after he was falsely accused of being one of a British MP's wife's lovers GEORGE V * His son George V was accused of bigamy by a republican newspaper in 1910 shortly after he became king * Although he did not give evidence, George provided a written statement to the court denying bigamy and the author of the article was sentenced to one year in prison for libel CHARLES I * Charles I was put on trial for treason in 1649, after the end of the English Civil War * He refused to recognise the authority of the court to hear his prosecution but was found guilty and sentenced to death PRINCE ANDREW * Harry's uncle was sued in the United States in 2021 by Virginia Giuffre for allegedly sexually abusing her when she was a teenager, in a case focused on Andrew's friendship with the late Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and convicted sex offender who she said also sexually abused her * Andrew settled the case last year but did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement, did not appear in court and has not been charged with any criminal offence PRINCESS ANNE * The Princess Royal, the only daughter of the late Queen Elizabeth, pleaded guilty to speeding in 2001 and was fined STG400 ($A752) and given five penalty points on her driving licence * The following year, Anne became the first British royal to be convicted of a criminal offence in 350 years when she pleaded guilty to failing to stop one of her dogs from biting two children Australian Associated Press