Journalists are silhouetted as they wait outside the courtroom before the trial against Prince Ernst-August von Hannover at the district court in the northern German city of Hildesheim near Hanover November 26, 2009. Prince Ernst-August, who is accused of beating a disco club manager in Kenya in the year 2000, didn't appear for the trial on Thursday REUTERS/Christian Charisius (GERMANY - Tags: CRIME LAW ROYALS MEDIA IMAGES OF THE DAY)