It is the first time in 130 years that a member of the British royal family has appeared in court
The Prince Harry has arrived at the High Court in London where he will testify in the trial against the Daily Mirror tabloid for illegal wiretapping. It is the first time in 130 years that a member of the British royal family has appeared in court. Harry arrived from Los Angeles and was expected in court yesterday, but delayed his attendance to celebrate his daughter Lilibet’s birthday.
The allegations against the newspaper
The newspaper is accused of libel and of using illegal means, including wiretapping of telephone messages, to obtain information about the prince and other ‘celebrities’. In early May, the Mirror apologized “unreservedly” to Prince Harry for illegally collecting personal information about him by intercepting his phone calls.
The prince’s lawyers told the court that the MGN, which also publishes the tabloids Sunday Mirror and the Sunday People, had resorted to “the most intrusive methods of obtaining personal information”. Furthermore, they claim that the company’s executives knew about the dissemination of personal information through the hacking technique, but despite this, no one took action.
Source-www.adnkronos.com