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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Alexandra Topping

Murdoch’s journalists unlawfully targeted Meghan and Diana, court told

The Duchess of Sussex
Harry’s lawyer told the court NGN knew a private investigator had unlawfully obtained the Duchess of Sussex’s mobile and social security numbers. Photograph: Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP/Getty Images

Journalists at Murdoch-owned newspapers “unlawfully targeted” the Duchess of Sussex more than two decades after accessing the private pager messages of Diana, Princess of Wales, the legal team for Prince Harry has told the high court in London.

In the latest development in Harry’s war against the tabloid press, his lawyers argued he had experienced a lifetime of “overwhelming intrusion” from Murdoch-owned newspapers – with one example cited relating to an article written when he was nine.

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