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King Charles tried to stop Prince Harry's hacking claim, court hears

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In court papers, Prince Harry says he was told to drop his legal cases because of the effect on the family.

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The duke is suing the publisher of the Sun, News Group Newspapers, over alleged unlawful information-gathering.The case is one of three major cases that Prince Harry has made against tabloid newspapers, all alleging unlawful information-gathering. The other cases concern the Daily Mirror and Daily Mail groups.Prince Harry accuses the Sun's journalists and private investigators working for them of illegal intrusion into his personal life, dating back to when he was a teenager.

"The reason for this was to avoid the situation where a member of the Royal Family would have to sit in the witness box and recount the specific details of the private and highly-sensitive voicemails that had been intercepted." But when he ultimately decided to sue in 2019, Prince Harry claimed his father then tried to stop him.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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