Prince Harry Testifies in Phone-Hacking Trial, Misses First Day Due to Daughter's Birthday

Prince Harry testified in court against the publisher of the British tabloid, The Daily Mirror, accusing them of phone hacking and other unlawful snooping. He described the toll press intrusion had on him and his relationships, saying news stories "played a destructive role" as he grew up. He also claimed that some editors and journalists had inadvertently caused death, a veiled reference to the 1997 paparazzi car chase that led to the car crash that killed his mother, Princess Diana, in Paris. Harry is one of a number of claimants suing the Mirror's publishers, the Mirror Group, for using what they say were unlawful methods to obtain stories, including phone hacking.