Prince Harry wins landmark phone hacking case against one of Britain's
major tabloids
Prince Harry won his historic phone hacking lawsuit Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds
($180,000) in the first of several lawsuits against British tabloids
to go to trial in his battles with the press.
Justice Timothy Fancourt in the High Court found phone hacking was
"widespread and habitual" at Mirror Group Newspapers over many years
and private investigators "were an integral part of the system" to
gather information unlawfully on Harry and his associates. He said
executives at the papers were aware of the practice and covered it up.
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Harry said the ruling was "vindicating and affirming" and should serve
as a warning to other news media that used similar practices, an overt reference to two tabloid publishers that face upcoming trials in
lawsuits that make nearly identical allegations.
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/15/1219536863/prince-harry-phone-hacking-trial
should serve as a warning to other news media
140,000 pounds ($180,000)
Seems like a peanut sized penalty...
I would not consider a phone conversation private, but apparently
Harry was not informed.
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