Prince Harry - The African Mirror

Mar

2024

Prince Harry and wife Meghan wish Kate health and privacy after cancer diagnosis

PRINCE Harry and Meghan said they wished health and privacy for Kate, the wife of Harry's elder brother William, on Friday after she announced she was receiving treatment following the discovery of cancer. "We wish health and healing for Kate and the family and hope they are able to do so privately and in peace," Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, said in a statement.

Feb

2024

By MICHAEL HOLDEN and MUVIJA M

King Charles diagnosed with cancer, will postpone duties and undergo treatment

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BRITAIN'S King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and the 75-year-old will postpone his public duties while he undergoes treatment, Buckingham Palace said. Charles, who became king in September 2022 following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth, is "wholly positive" about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible, the palace said. Charles spent three nights in the hospital last month where he underwent a corrective procedure for a benign enlarged prostate. The palace said a separate issue of concern had been spotted during the hospital visit but did not give…

Dec

2023

By MICHAEL HOLDEN and SAM TOBIN

Prince Harry was phone-hacking victim and editors knew, London court rules

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PRINCE Harry scored the biggest win yet in his legal war against British tabloids when London's High Court ruled he had been a victim of phone-hacking and other unlawful acts by Mirror Group journalists with the knowledge of their editors. King Charles' younger son, who became the first senior British royal for 130 years to give evidence in court when he appeared at a trial in June, was awarded 140,600 pounds (around $180,700) after the judge agreed he had been targeted by journalists working for Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN). The judge's conclusion that the editors of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and…

Dec

2023

By MICHAEL HOLDEN

Prince Harry challenges ‘unfair treatment’ over UK security in London court

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PRINCE Harry has been subjected to unlawful, unfair and unjustifiable treatment by the British government over the decision to take away his police protection when he is in Britain, his lawyer told London's High Court. Harry, along with other senior royals, had received full publicly-funded security protection provided by the state before he decided to step back from his royal duties and move to California with his American wife Meghan in 2020. But the Home Office — the ministry responsible for policing, immigration and security — decided in February that year that Harry would cease to automatically receive personal police…

Jun

2023

By MICHAEL HOLDEN and SAM TOBIN

Prince Harry: It would be injustice if court rules I’m not hacking victim

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PRINCE Harry said he would feel a sense of injustice if London's High Court did not conclude he was a phone-hacking victim, as he completed more than eight hours giving evidence against a British tabloid newspaper group. Harry, King Charles' younger son, spent a day-and-a-half in the witness box being grilled over allegations he had been unlawfully targeted by Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) titles for 15 years from 1996 when he was a child. Asked by his lawyer David Sherborne about the experience of appearing in court in front of the world's media, a clearly-emotional Harry exhaled deeply and replied: "It's a…

Jun

2023

By The African Mirror

Prince Harry tells court: ‘Nobody wants to be phone hacked’

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PRINCE Harry finished giving evidence at the High Court in London during a second day of grilling over his allegations that British tabloids targeted him with phone hacking and other unlawful behaviour. Harry and others are suing Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), publisher of the Daily Mirror and other tabloids, accusing them of widespread unlawful activities. MGN is contesting the claims and denies senior figures were aware of wrongdoing. Below are quotes and highlights from the courtroom where Harry faced hours of cross-examination in the witness box over two days: 'IT'S A LOT' At the conclusion of Harry's evidence, his lawyer David Sherborne…

Jun

2023

By MICHAEL HOLDEN and SAM TOBIN

Prince Harry tells London court ‘vile’ press has blood on its hands

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PRINCE Harry launched a fierce attack on the "vile" press, blaming tabloids for destroying his adolescence and later relationships, as he gave evidence against a tabloid publisher whose titles he accuses of unlawful activities. Harry, the fifth-in-line to the throne, became the first senior royal to appear in a witness box in more than a century in a lawsuit he and 100 others have brought against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN). They accuse the publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People, of widespread phone-hacking and unlawful information gathering between 1991 and 2011. The younger son of King Charles…

Jun

2023

By MICHAEL HOLDEN

Harry to become first British royal in 130 years to give evidence in court

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PRINCE Harry will become the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for 130 years when he testifies next week in his lawsuit against a newspaper group he accuses of unlawful behaviour. Harry, King Charles' younger son, will appear in the witness box at London's High Court as part of the case he and more than 100 other celebrities and high-profile figures have brought against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People. It will be the first time a senior royal has given evidence since Edward VII testified as a witness in part…

May

2023

By The African Mirror

Investigator boasted about ‘getting queen’s medical records’, Prince Harry case told

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SAM TOBIN A private investigator who worked for the publisher of the Daily Mirror boasted he could "get the queen's medical records", a retired police officer told a court hearing Prince Harry's lawsuit against the British newspaper. Harry, King Charles' younger son, and more than 100 others are suing Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), the publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People, accusing the papers of phone-hacking and other unlawful behaviour between 1991 and 2011. MGN, which is now owned by Reach, said it strongly denied the allegations. Former police officer Derek Haslam told London's High Court that MGN journalists…

May

2023

By The African Mirror

Daily Mirror apologises to Prince Harry over unlawful information gathering

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THE publisher of Britain's Daily Mirror tabloid apologised to Prince Harry for ordering the unlawful gathering of information, court documents showed. In documents presented at court as part of a phone hacking trial, Mirror Group Newspapers, which is owned by Reach, admitted on one occasion a private investigator had been engaged to unlawfully gather evidence about King Charles's younger son at a nightclub. It said it "unreservedly apologises and accepts that (Harry) is entitled to appropriate compensation". Thomson Reuters Foundation