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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jim Waterson Media editor

Charles undermined late queen’s plan to sue News UK, Prince Harry tells court

Charles, Camilla and the late queen, pictured in 2019
Charles, Camilla and the late queen, pictured in July 2018. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images

Queen Elizabeth II personally threatened Rupert Murdoch’s media company with legal proceedings over phone hacking only for her efforts to be undermined by the then Prince Charles, the high court has heard.

Prince Harry said his father intervened because he wanted to ensure the Sun supported his ascension to the throne and Camilla’s role as queen consort, and had a “specific long-term strategy to keep the media on side” for “when the time came”.

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