Monty Python stars are in a legal battle at the High Court in a dispute over the hit musical Spamalot.
Three of the six Pythons - Eric Idle and Michael Palin, both 69, and Terry Jones, 70 - are due to give evidence in a five-day legal action brought by Mark Forstater, producer of the classic film Monty Python And The Holy Grail.
Mr Forstater is seeking the right to royalties from stage musical Spamalot, a spin-off from the Grail film, expected to run into hundreds of thousands of pounds.
A judge at London's High Court was told that, "for financial purposes", Mr Forstater should be treated as "the seventh Python".
