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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Melley

Prince Harry's final suit against British tabloids could hang on private eye's disputed statement

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The outcome of Prince Harry 's final lawsuit against the British tabloids could rest on the credibility of a private eye who previously admitted snooping on the royal.

A lawyer for the publisher of the Daily Mail said Tuesday that the case brought by the Duke of Sussex and celebrities including Elton John and actors Sadie Frost and Elizabeth Hurley collapsed when investigator Gavin Burrows testified that he never spied for the newspaper or its sister publication, the Mail on Sunday.

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