Prince Harry, son of King Charles III, has claimed that his ex-girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, decided to walk away from the royal family because of illegal activities by journalists at Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd.
The duke, who dated the Zimbabwean for six years, also claimed that his phone was hacked by MGN journalists or investigators paid by the company, and that caused him huge bouts of depression and paranoia because he felt he could not trust anyone.
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Prince Harry phone hacking scandal
The claims as a witness before the High Court come alongside those of other high-profile plaintiffs accusing Mirror Group Newspapers of alleged hacking and illegal information gathering.
At the start of the trial, MGN accepted that illegal information had been obtained in relation to Prince Harry, for which it apologized “unreservedly”. Although it denies hacking phone calls, they do claim that its past activities warrant compensation.
Meghan Markle’s husband has claimed during his legal battle that hundreds of suspicious calls were made to the cell phones of the Princess of Wales, Chelsy Davy, and Lady Di’s mother Frances Shand Kydd. The name of the journalist Piers Morgan also came up, who would have authorized “the systematic use” of private investigators to obtain privileged information.
The breakup of the engagement between Prince Harry and Chesy Davy
Regarding the breakup of his courtship with Davy, Harry claims that MGN journalists chased the couple wherever they went, which caused unnecessary tension and stress in their relationship. This situation caused the couple to reduce their circle of friends, which meant friendships were unnecessarily lost, the Duke of Sussex’s legal team claims.
The prosecution’s lawyer, David Sherborne, has claimed that the blatantly illegal methods used in secret to obtain information about the royal family were frankly appalling. The trial, which has begun in London and will last several weeks, has uncovered a series of shocking revelations, especially in relation to the private lives of the royal family.
