The judge overseeing the phone-hacking and privacy lawsuit brought by Prince Harry and some 100 others against British publisher Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) at London’s high court will deliver his judgment on Friday.
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Prince Harry, the first senior British royal in 130 years to testify in court, is suing MGN, the publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, and Sunday People.
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The lawsuit, joined by approximately 100 other claimants, including actors, sports figures, celebrities, and individuals connected to high-profile personalities, revolves around allegations of phone-hacking and unlawful information-gathering spanning from 1991 to 2011. The claimants assert that senior editors and executives at MGN were aware of and endorsed these illicit activities. In response, MGN, owned by Reach, disputes the allegations, stating that they lack evidentiary support.
Prince Harry, the younger son of King Charles, was chosen as one of the four test cases for the trial that commenced in May. In his pursuit of justice, he is seeking damages amounting to up to £320,000 ($405,000) for 33 articles scrutinized during the trial, along with an additional £120,000 for 61 instances of alleged unlawful information-gathering.
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MGN has acknowledged that private investigators were directed to unlawfully collect information about three individuals, including Harry, who were part of the test cases. The publisher issued an unreserved apology and conceded that Prince Harry is entitled to £500 in compensation. However, MGN denied any further wrongdoing concerning him.
The illicit practice of phone hacking, involving the unauthorized interception of voicemails on mobile phones, gained public attention in 2006 when the then-royal editor of the News of the World (NoW) tabloid and a p ..
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