Prince Harry's barrister has told a court that private investigators have provided new and "compelling" evidence of illegal work for the Mail newspapers in a privacy case centred on allegations of widespread illegality commissioned by journalists in the 1990s and 2000s. Associated Newspapers denies the allegations and says the seven claimants, including Prince Harry, Sir Elton John and Baroness Doreen Lawrence, have left it too long to sue. The judge promised to produce his judgement "as soon as possible".
Prince Harry testified in a British court that he was unaware of allegations of phone-tapping and other invasions of privacy committed by Associated Papers before 2019, which created a sense of paranoia and strained personal relationships. Harry and his wife, Meghan, have sued Associated Papers and News Group Newspapers Limited over allegations of privacy breaches. Harry alleged that Associated Papers admitted to practices such as hacking voicemails, tapping landlines, and obtaining credit card statements. The publisher has denied all allegations of wrongdoing in the suit.
Prince Harry, Elton John, and five other high-profile figures are suing the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper over allegations of phone-tapping and other privacy breaches. The claimants allege Associated Newspapers is responsible for unlawful information gathering over a period of 25 years, between 1993 and 2018. Associated Newspapers is seeking to have the cases thrown out on the basis that they were brought too late. This marks the first time Associated Newspapers has been dragged into the row, which has seen hundreds of settlements in cases brought against other publishers.
Prince Harry appeared in a London court as part of a privacy suit against Associated Newspapers Ltd., which publishes titles including the Daily Mail. The lawsuit alleges phone tapping and other invasions of privacy, including hiring private investigators to bug homes and cars and record private phone conversations. Other celebrities, including Elton John, David Furnish, Liz Hurley, and Sadie Frost, are also involved in the suit. The publisher argues that the claims are too old to be brought now and should be thrown out. Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, have turned to British courts to combat what they see as media mistreatment.
Prince Harry appeared in London's High Court for the first hearing of a lawsuit against the Daily Mail's publisher, Associated Newspapers, for alleged phone-tapping and privacy breaches. Harry and six other claimants, including Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley, accuse the media company of "abhorrent criminal activity" and "gross breaches of privacy." Associated Newspapers denies the allegations and will try to have the case thrown out over four days of hearings.
