Tabloid story about golf club gift Prince Harry claims came from phone hacking was actually from his own 18th birthday interview, Supreme Court documents suggest
- Mirror story about Prince Harry who received golf clubs as a gift ‘from interview’
- It is one of 140 items he says was obtained illegally
A tabloid story that Prince Harry is complaining was obtained illegally actually came from an interview he gave on the occasion of his 18th birthday, Supreme Court documents suggest.
The Prince granted the interview to the Press Association in which he revealed he had received a gift of golf clubs from his uncle Earl Spencer and planned to be home in Highgrove on his big day with his father and brother.
The Daily Mirror published an article on September 16, 2002, which it claims was based on the interview.
It is now one of 140 items the Duke of Sussex claims was obtained illegally.
On the occasion of Harry’s birthday, his PR advisers arranged the interview at St James’s Palace in London. It was released through the press service of the Press Association and most newspapers ran a version of it.
A tabloid story that Prince Harry (pictured outside London’s Royal Courts Of Justice in March) is complaining it was obtained through an unlawful means actually came from an interview he gave on the occasion of his 18th birthday, High Court documents suggest
In the High Court (pictured) this week, the Duke of Sussex claimed his privacy had been invaded by the brief Daily Mirror article, whose publisher argued the 161-word article ‘simply contained repeated details given by the plaintiff’
In the High Court this week, the Duke of Sussex claimed his privacy had been violated by the brief Daily Mirror article, which the publisher argued the 161-word article contained ‘simply repeated details given by the plaintiff’.
It says that many of his stories about the Duke of Sussex came not from hacking, but from other royal and palace courtiers.
Yesterday, on day two of a seven-week trial, the Duke’s lawyer, David Sherborne, claimed former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan was ‘directly involved’ in unlawfully gathering information.
Mr Morgan has always vehemently denied that he has hacked phones or instructed any of his employees to do so.
Mr Sherborne said: ‘What we have, we say, is Mr Morgan’s direct involvement in some of these incidents. Mr. Morgan is central to this in a number of ways. He was a very practical editor.’
The Duke’s lawyer, David Sherborne, claimed former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan (pictured) was ‘directly involved’ in unlawfully gathering information
Mr Sherborne said the court would hear evidence from the paper’s former political editor David Seymour that Mr Morgan had openly discussed how phone hacking worked at a dinner with executives.
Mr Seymour recalled an incident where Mr Morgan obtained a recording of a voicemail left by Sir Paul McCartney in which the singer sang a Beatles song to Heather Mills in an attempt to settle an argument.
MGN disputes the claims, stating that some were submitted too late and denying most of the others. It denies that senior figures had knowledge of unlawful acts.