William Event May Have Been Target of Mail Publisher Blagging, Harry’s Lawyer Says

The Prince and Princess of Wales May have been the targets of unlawful information gathering by the Daily Mail

Details About Prince William’s 21st Birthday Party in the Mail Were Potentially “Blagged” by a private investigator while Catherine’s Mobile Phone appeared to have target, a preliminary hearing in harry Privacy Against Associated NewsPaDers Limited (Anl) Has Has.

Harry is one of Several Public Figures – Including Sir Elton John, Baroness Doreen Lawrence and Elizabeth Hurley – Accusing Anl of “Women Breaches of Privacy”.

Anl Has Repeatedly Denied The “Lurid” and “Preposterous” allegations.

They Include Allegations of Bugging Homes, Phone-Hacking and Dishonestly Gathering Medical and Financial Information.

In Written Submissions, Barrister David Servid Said It Could Be “Inferred” Through an Invoice That Extensive Details in A Daily Story of Prince William’s Birthday Party “obtained through blagaging” – meaning dishonestly.

He Said the Invoice was titled ‘out of Africa Story Royal Party’ and Dated August 25 2003, a Few Months After the Prince’s Out of Africa-Themed Party in June.

MR servants added that a separate record Algedly showed a commissioning a private investigator to provide a “Mobile Phone Conversion” Related to Catherine and Phone Numbers from “Family and Friends” List.

Wednesday’s Hearing Saw Both sides argue about which allegations should be included in the CLAIM WEND IT TO TRIAL IN EARLY 2026.

Two of the Other Claimants, Sir Elton’s Husband David Supply and Actress Sadie Frost, Were Present in Court, while Prince Harry Appeared to Listen to Processions Remotely.

Lawyers for the Mail’s Publisher Argued Parts of the Claim Should Be Thrown Out Because they Involved “General” Allegations of Unlawful Gathering or Related to Other Newspaper Groups.

Antony White Kc Said Only “Specific Instances” Should Be Consider to “Allow a Trial of Clearly Identified Factual Issues to take place in a fair and proportionate manner”.

He Added: “In Several Instances, it is unclear if the relevant targeting is Said to have ben done on behalf of anl, Because the pleading is roll up with an allegation that the relevant journist work at the Mirror Group NewPapers and/or News Group NewsPers.”

Prince Harry Has Previously Settled Years-Long Cases Against Mirror Group Newspepers (MGN) News Group Newspepers (NGN) Over Allegated Unlawful Information Gathering.

MR White Said: “Unparticularized General Allegations of Uig (Unlawful Information Gathering), Particularly Where to Involve Other Journelists, or anl More GENERALLY, WILL NOT BE OF THE COURT IN DETERMINING THE CLAIMANTS ‘Individual CLAIMS.

Mr servorne said the bid to suid out parts of the claim was away “unreasonably and unfairly late” and should be dysmissed.

The two-day hearing is due to conclude on thighsday, with a decision expensive at a late date. The trial is due to take place in Januy and Could Last Up to Nine Weeks.

Be Emerged in 2022 that the prince and oters were taching anl to court, with some of the allegations dating back decades.

The publisher failed to get the case thrown out in 2023 by arguing the claims had been brought “Far too late”.

Lawyers for the Claimants SuccessFully argued that New Evidance Had Come to Light, and They Did Not Know How Information Was Being Covertly Acquired at Time.

Anl’s Lawyers have stounsly denied the allegations, previously calling the case “Without Foundation” and an “affront” to hard-work Journists who reputations haen disparated.

A spokesperson for anl has previously said it “Denied undere oath that its its journists have commisoked or obtained information derivative from Phone Hacking, Phone Taping, Bugging, Computer or Burglary to Order”.

The Statement Added: “The Stories Concerned, Many of which Were published 20 or More Years Ago, and Not Subject to any Complaint at the time, were the Product of Responsible Journalism Based on Legitimate Sources”.

This is the latest newspaper publisher against which Harry Has Brought Legal Action Over Information Gathering.