The Daily Mail’s publisher “knew they had skeletons in their closet”, lawyers acting on behalf of the Duke of Sussex and others have told the High Court in London at the start of a high-profile privacy trial.
Harry, Sir Elton John, his husband David Furnish, campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence, politician Sir Simon Hughes, and actresses Sadie Frost and Liz Hurley all allege Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) had a practice of “clear systematic and sustained use of unlawful information gathering”.