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Greg Miskiw: ‘the Prince of Darkness’ of phone hacking
‘I didn’t bring down the News of the World. The News of the World brought itself down. News International brought itself down by reacting the way they did.’
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Prince Harry has settled his remaining phone hacking claims against Mirror Group Newspapers. The High Court in London was told he had accepted a substantial sum, in addition to the more than £140,000 compensation he was awarded in December, to drop his outstanding claim.
We were joined by the former editor in chief of the Guardian – now editor of Prospect magazine – Alan Rusbridger.
The author of a biography on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has denied having a “vested interest” in helping Prince Harry.
The Royal Family reached a “secret agreement” with the owners of The Sun newspaper to stop Prince William and Prince Harry bringing phone hacking claims, Prince Harry has told the High Court. The Duke of Sussex is suing News Group Newspapers over alleged unlawful information gathering. They’ve denied there was any such agreement.
Sienna Miller has said The Sun newspaper “nearly ruined her life” and “profited off her misery”, after intruding into her personal life – and private medical records. She said one of its journalists paid someone to access medical records showing she was pregnant – and that the paper’s then editor Rebekah Brooks told her publicist…
‘I didn’t bring down the News of the World. The News of the World brought itself down. News International brought itself down by reacting the way they did.’
More than £1m in damages are awarded to celebrities, including Paul Gascoigne, Sadie Frost, Shane Ritchie and Alan Yentob over phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers.
Lauren Alcorn, a former girlfriend of footballer Rio Ferdinand, tells the high court she felt “hounded and bombarded” by questioning about her personal life from people she hardly knew.
News that George Clooney is to direct a movie about the phone hacking scandal has caused a buzz – but who should he cast? Channel 4 News’ Hayley Barlow has some tongue-in-cheek suggestions.
As David Cameron’s former communications chief Andy Coulson is sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages, the prime minister says “no-one is above the law”.
It was the trial that had everything – cats, pizzas, witches and Fairy Liquid. Here’s an alphabetical guide to what happened over eight months at the Old Bailey’s court 12.
Rebekah Brooks denies she was part of a cover-up to conceal the extent of phone hacking at one of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloids.
Former tabloid editor Piers Morgan confirms he has been questioned by police over claims of phone hacking at the Mirror Group.
Almost 50 days in to the “trial of the era”, here are five details we learned this week.
“Lesbian Lovers”, Pizzagate and “f****** amateurs” all featured in the latest evidence in the phone hacking trial.