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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Prince Harry claims Buckingham Palace ‘withheld’ information about historic phone hacking for ‘long time’

AP

The Duke of Sussex has accused the royal family of withholding information from him about phone hacking because they did not want him to bring a claim as it would “open a can of worms”.

In a witness statement submitted before his civil claim against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers, Prince Harry said that he was conditioned to accept his family’s rule to “never complain, never explain” when dealing with the press.

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