Shocking truths have been revealed in Prince Harry’s battle against a UK tabloid publisher over an invasion of his privacy.
The youngest son of King Charles III has been embroiled in a legal battle for justice involving the spread of news about his private life. According to the Duke of Sussex, these details were collected unlawfully.
The royal dropped allegations, including phone hacking, against the publisher of the Daily Mirror. However, a media publication recently shared some details about how they obtained information about the duke, which is sure to drop jaws.
Tabloid Publisher Claims Story About Prince Harry Came From Royal Family
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The phone hacking trial is a fierce battle in the High Court as four stars sued Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) for using “unlawful” methods to obtain information. The plaintiffs are the Duke of Sussex, Nikki Sanderson, Fiona Wightman, and Michael Turner.
In an attempt to defend themselves, the publisher of the Daily Mirror seemed to justify the former Senior Royal and confirm his claim that he ruined his famous family.
During the trial, representatives of the store denied using illegal means to obtain facts about Prince Harry used in their story.
According to Yahoo News UK, the tabloid publisher claims that 28 of the 33 articles cited in Harry’s lawsuit did not involve phone hacking or other forms of illegal information gathering.
According to written submissions by MGN’s lawyer, lawyer Andrew Green, the newspaper revealed their sources were members of the royal family and their staff. “Many come from information disclosed by or on behalf of the royal family or members of the Royal Family,” the legal document said.
It is not news that since stepping down as senior members of the British Royal family with his wife Meghan Markle in January 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have pointed the finger at “The Firm” for being the mastermind behind the tabloid stories spun about them by the British media.
Even in his controversial best-selling memoir, “Spare,” the 38-year-old accused royals of attacking each other by sharing news with the press.
In his book, the father-of-two recounts the alleged wrongdoing of Queen Camilla’s stepmother. He claimed he was trying to improve his image by deliberately leaking the story to the media.
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“I have complex feelings about having a step-parent who I think recently sacrificed me on her personal PR altar,” wrote the recipient of the Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan.
The fifth in line with the claims of the British Throne against the royal family in his book may be a case without a certain decision. However, his battle with MGN seems to have clarified the truth.
Although the tabloids tried to dismiss the case, claiming that the accusations exceeded the legal limit, they eventually admitted their crimes. According to court filings, MGN denied hacking the petitioner’s phone but admitted using illegal methods.
Using illegal information gathering techniques, the title publisher reportedly obtained confidential information about Harry and two other plaintiffs — Nikki Sanderson and Fiona Wightman.
MGN Apologizes To The Duke Of Sussex For Illegal Information Collection
In the midst of a royal battle against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, PEOPLE reports that MGN extended their apologies to Prince Harry. The offer of remorse arrived in a court filing, in which the group accepted their guilt for only one instance of illegal information gathering.
The article they apologized for detailed Harry’s activities in a London nightclub in 2004. MGN obtained details of the 38-year-old’s whereabouts after one of their reporters used a private investigator to gather information illegally.
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“MGN unreservedly apologizes for all UIG incidents and assures claimants that such conduct will not be repeated,” the publication hub’s apology said. However, the organization refused to accept other allegations against them, such as voicemail hacking.
The Prince Harry case involved 148 articles published by MGN between 1996 and 2010. The royal and three other claimants were allegedly selected as “test cases” from a larger pool of high-profile figures.
The A-listers all sued the tabloid’s publisher for the unlawful collection of information in their articles. As for Putera’s case, his lawyer David Sherborne claimed that the father of two was harassed every day.
In written submissions, the legal practitioner stated that his client was “experiencing unusual telephone and media-related activity.” The attorney believes this activity is part of “unauthorized access to his voicemail and other unlawful collection of information.”
The lawyer explained that Prince Harry receives unanswered and disconnected phone calls “on an almost daily basis from numbers he does not recognize.” Sherborne argued that this incident, alongside “the widespread dissemination among MGN journalists of private information” relating to the Duke, threatened royal security.
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