A seven-week trial brought by the Duke of Sussex and others against Mirror Group Newspapers has begun at the High Court in London.
David Sherbourne, the barrister representing the claimants told the court: “Prince or not, the blatantly unlawful and secret methods used to get every bit of information about him, even away from his royal duties, was appalling and should not have happened.“The unlawful methods used at all of the titles at Mirror Group Newspapers were habitual and widespread.
But the hearing began with the publishers admitting there is “some evidence” of unlawful information gathering which warrants some compensation. He said: “There is some evidence of the instruction of third parties to engage in other types of unlawful information gathering in respect of each of the claimants” except for the case of actor Michael Turner whose claim is “entirely denied”.