Prince Harry Vindicated As British Tabloid Issues Apology In Phone Hacking Case
10.05.2023 - 22:15
/ perezhilton.com
A win for Prince Harry!
The Duke of Sussex has received an apology amid one of many of his phone hacking lawsuits! This week, Harry’s trial against Mirror Group Newspapers, the publisher of Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, and Daily Express, officially began. The 38-year-old is one of four “representative” claimants chosen as “test cases” from a larger group of high-profile figures suing the company for alleged unlawful information gathering, per The Independent. Even though they’re just days into the trial, which is expected to last six to seven weeks, MGN is already owning up to a mistake!
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In court filings on Wednesday, the media group admitted to one instance of unlawful information gathering and noted the violation “warrants compensation,” via Sky News, saying:
According to the outlet, a journalist for Mirror News Group hired a private investigator to illegally gather info about the prince’s activities at a London nightclub in 2004. Interestingly, though, the article that followed in The People was NOT included in Harry’s claims in the case, the BBC reported. Hmm. The publisher also went on to deny allegations of voicemail hacking — and they even argued the legal time limit for some of those claims has passed.
While the dad of two was not in court today, his attorney David Sherborne represented him. His case involves 148 articles published from 1996 to 2010, the BBC noted.
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In a written statement submitted by the lawyer, he addressed evidence of the scandal, saying via Sky News:
Specifically, Meghan Markle‘s husband received missed and hung-up phone calls “on