Prince Harry to sue tabloid owners over phone hacking
LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry is to sue the publishers of Rupert Murdoch’s Sun newspaper and the Daily Mirror over allegations of phone-hacking as he and his wife Meghan step up their battle with the tabloid press.
The move by Harry, Duke of Sussex, comes days after he and Meghan took legal action against a different newspaper in response to what he called “bullying” by some sections of the British media. Harry was one target in a phone-hacking scandal that rocked Murdoch’s newspaper empire and prompted the closure of his News of the World tabloid in 2011. “Claims have been filed on behalf of The Duke of Sussex at the High Court regarding the illegal interception of voicemail messages,” a spokeswoman for Harry said. She declined to give further details of the claim.
A spokeswoman for News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun, confirmed that a claim had been issued by Harry.
Court documents first reported by website Byline Investigates also show that Harry is targeting Mirror Group Newspapers, owned by Reach, with the legal action.
SAFETY COMPLICATING WILLIAM-KATE PAK TRIP
Britain’s Prince William and wife Kate Middleton’s upcoming fiveday tour of Pakistan between October 14 and 18 will be the “most complex” to date due to the security considerations in the region, Kensington Palace has said.
The royals will cover a wide range of areas such as youth empowerment and climate change, it said.