18 December 2023 - Prince Harry wins landmark phone hacking case against Mirror
Prince Harry was victim of ‘extensive’ phone hacking, UK High Court rules
Caitlin Danaher and Lauren Said-Moorhouse (CNN, 15/12/2023)
The Duke of Sussex was awarded £140,600 ($179,000) on Friday after the UK High Court ruled he was the subject of “extensive” phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) from 2006 to 2011.
Key findings in Prince Harry v Mirror Group Newspapers judgment
(Sky News, 17/12/2023)
A judge has ruled that phone hacking and unlawful information gathering took place at Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) from the mid-1990s until 2011.
Piers Morgan denies phone hacking after Prince Harry judgement
(BBC News, 16/12/2023)
Journalist Piers Morgan has said he has "never hacked a phone or told anyone else to", after a judge ruled he knew about the practice - and was involved - while editor of the Daily Mirror between 1995 and 2004.
After Harry’s phone hacking victory, is it last orders for tabloid top brass?
Vanessa Thorpe (The Guardian, 17/12/2023)
Inside the ballroom of the Hilton Bankside on Thursday evening, the mood among journalists was high. Prizes were being handed out, celebratory toasts were made and backs were slapped.