Prince Harry has claimed his former girlfriend Chelsy Davy decided “a royal life was not for her” because of the allegedly illegal activities of journalists from the Mirror Group.
The Duke of Sussex, who dated the Zimbabwean on and off for six years, said her decision to end their relationship was “incredibly upsetting” for him at the time.
The Duke, who claims his phone was hacked by Mirror Group journalists or investigators paid by the company, said he suffered “huge bouts of depression and paranoia” because he felt “he could not trust anybody”.
He made the claims in a witness statement to the High Court, where he and several other high-profile claimants are suing Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd for alleged hacking and other allegedly unlawful information gathering.
At the start of what is scheduled to be a seven-week trial, MGN said it accepted there had been unlawful information gathering in relation to the Duke, for which it “unreservedly apologises”.
It denies phone hacking, but said its past activities “warrant compensation”.
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Private investigator hired over Duke's 'Chinawhites activities'
Andrew Green KC, the barrister representing the Mirror publisher, admitted a private investigator was instructed, by a journalist at The People, to unlawfully gather information about the Prince's activities at Chinawhite nightclub in 2004.
Mr Green said there was a reference to a payment record for £75 in February 2004.
He continued: "It is admitted that this represented an instruction to engage in unlawful information gathering, and MGN unreservedly apologises and accepts that the Duke of Sussex is entitled to appropriate compensation for it.
"MGN does not know what information this related ..
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