Prince Harry arrives at High Court for battle with MGN over phone hacking
Prince Harry fought back tears while addressing the strain of media intrusion, as he ended his historic High Court testimony in the phone hacking case he said he had launched to protect his wife Meghan.
The Duke of Sussex is among a host of celebrities seeking to sue Mirror Group Newspapers for damages, claiming journalists at its titles were linked to methods including phone hacking, so-called “blagging” or gaining information by deception, and use of private investigators for unlawful activities.
In nearly eight hours of cross-examination by MGN’s barrister, Harry accused former Mirror editor Piers Morgan of “horrific personal attacks and intimidation”, and suggested newspaper stories claiming his father was Princess Diana’s former lover were aimed at ousting him from the royal family.
As subsequent questioning by his own lawyer began, the duke defended the lack of any call data between himself and MGN journalists, claiming they may have used “burner phones” to access his voicemails.
The duke then chose to remain in court as The Mirror’s former royal editor Jane Kerr was cross-examined by his lawyer.
