Telephone tapping carried out by English tabloids is at the heart of a trial currently in England. And Prince Harry launches heavy accusations.
The youngest son of King Charles III does not go hand in hand when it comes to discussing his relationship with his loved ones. Latest event, a deposition from Prince Harry accusing the British royal family of having hidden wiretaps from him carried out by the English tabloids. This is apparent from a document dated Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in the context of the legal proceedings that the prince has brought against the publisher of the Daily Mail.
Harry attended for the second day in a row a London High Court hearing against the Associated Newspaper (ANL), accused of illegally gathering information.
AFP was able to consult Prince Harry’s deposition in which he declares his “difficult relationship with the press” since the death of his mother Dianabut explains that as a member of the institution, he had to follow the doctrine “never complain, never explain” (Never complain, never explain, Editor’s note).
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Prince Harry: “The institution hid information from me for a long time”
And the royal family would have dissuaded him from filing a complaint against the press in court, because “it could open Pandora’s box”. “There is no doubt that the (royal) institution hid information about phone hacking from me for a long timeand that only became clear in recent years when I filed my own complaint,” Harry said.
In this lawsuit against the ANL, several personalities are involved, including actress Liz Hurley and singer Elton John. The six plaintiffs accuse the ANL of employing detectives to wiretap them. The group refuted “totally and without ambiguity these grotesque defamations” which seek to “draw the titles of the Mail into the scandal of telephone tapping over 30-year-old articles” according to him. In the 2000s, the English scandal press had been shaken by several cases of illegal wiretapping.