Britain’s Prince Harry and singer Elton John made a surprise appearance at London’s high court on Monday as they and five others began a lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail paper over years of alleged phone-tapping and privacy breaches.
Harry, the younger son of King Charles, has brought a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers (ANL), along with John, and his husband David Furnish, as well as actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost.
They allege they were victims of “numerous unlawful acts” carried out by journalists or private investigators working on behalf of ANL titles Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. These included hacking mobile phone messages, bugging calls, getting private information such as medical records by deception or “blagging”, and “commissioning the breaking and entry into private property”, their lawyer David Sherborne said.
The alleged activity ran from 1993 to 2011, and even up to 2018. ANL, which is seeking to have the case thrown out, said it categorically denied the allegations and would vigorously defend them if necessary. In his claim, Harry accuses the papers of using unlawful means to obtain stories about him from at least early 2001 until at least late 2013, and said his brother William and the mother of William’s wife Kate had also been targeted.
Harry, the younger son of King Charles, has brought a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers (ANL), along with John, and his husband David Furnish, as well as actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost.
They allege they were victims of “numerous unlawful acts” carried out by journalists or private investigators working on behalf of ANL titles Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. These included hacking mobile phone messages, bugging calls, getting private information such as medical records by deception or “blagging”, and “commissioning the breaking and entry into private property”, their lawyer David Sherborne said.
The alleged activity ran from 1993 to 2011, and even up to 2018. ANL, which is seeking to have the case thrown out, said it categorically denied the allegations and would vigorously defend them if necessary. In his claim, Harry accuses the papers of using unlawful means to obtain stories about him from at least early 2001 until at least late 2013, and said his brother William and the mother of William’s wife Kate had also been targeted.