7/30/2023 0 Comments Daily mirror harry and meghan![]() ![]() Harry will fly in from California to watch the outline of his case being argued on Monday, before he is cross-examined on Tuesday and Wednesday. The second half of the trial, which will run until the end of June, involves scrutinising four specific claims by individuals – Harry, the Coronation Street actors Michael Turner and Nikki Sanderson, and the ex-wife of the comedian Paul Whitehouse, Fiona Wightman. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. ![]() For more information see our Privacy Policy. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. The initial weeks of the trial have focused on the broader issue of illegal behaviour by the Mirror’s publisher, complete with allegations of board-level cover-ups, suggestions that Morgan must have known about phone hacking by his journalists, and claims that illegal use of private investigators to blag personal details was rife at the newspaper group. The prince alleges King Charles prioritised positive coverage of Queen Camilla over changing the system, and he alleged Prince William received a secret phone-hacking payout from Rupert Murdoch’s News UK in 2020, speculated to be worth about £1m.Īlthough the media has tended to report the Mirror phone-hacking trial through the lens of Prince Harry, he is just the most high profile of more than 100 claimants – including the singer Cheryl and the estate of George Michael – who are involved in the wider litigation. He has expressed disgust at how the rest of his family has chosen good relations with the tabloids over trying to change the British press. Harry has made clear in previous court filings how he views this as a crusade against the media that he is carrying out for others. He makes no secret of his loathing of the tabloids and as a result, the parent company of almost every British national newspaper – with the exception of the Guardian, Daily Telegraph and the Financial Times – is being sued by the prince. The nearest the royals came to a courtroom in recent decades was in 2002 when Princess Anne pleaded guilty to an offence under the dangerous dogs act. Relations with the press were to be managed carefully, deals were done out of sight, and – most importantly – royal family members were to be kept out of court. In return, he gains the right to make direct allegations against the journalists he blames for destroying his mental health and for the death of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.įor years, the royal family’s approach to the media and courts was based on the “never complain, never explain” mantra. But this is the risk Harry has taken by bringing the case. Whether Green is willing to use such tactics against the prince – and how the prince copes with it if so – will become apparent. Earlier in the trial, he highlighted witnesses’ past drug use, accused individuals of fabricating evidence and suggested Harry and his fellow claimants were “smearing” the Mirror’s board by suggesting they organised a high-level cover-up of phone hacking. Leading the charge against the prince will be the Mirror’s barrister Andrew Green, who will have the unusual legal task of being a king’s counsel employed to discredit a king’s son.
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