King and Queen Consort's phones intercepted by Sun Publisher, claims Harry

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The Duke of Sussex has alleged that telephone calls made by the King and Queen Consort were intercepted by the steadfast of the Sun paper during the 1990s, tribunal documents say.

Prince Harry's barrister said that the prince's backstage accusation would besides person been intercepted arsenic a result.

Prince Harry is suing the publisher, News Group Newspapers (NGN), implicit alleged unlawful information-gathering.

NGN has consistently denied this and wants to halt his claim.

NGN is bringing a bid to person his assertion thrown out, on with a akin assertion by histrion Hugh Grant, arguing they person been brought excessively late.

The lawsuit is 1 of 3 large cases that Prince Harry has made against tabloid newspapers, each alleging unlawful information-gathering. The different cases interest the Daily Mirror and Daily Mail groups.

He says the Sun's journalists and backstage investigators moving for them of intruded illegally into his idiosyncratic life, starting from erstwhile helium was a teenager.

Making the allegations, barrister David Sherborne said: "The claimant volition trust connected these instances successful enactment of the contention that the inevitable and/or intended effect of these interceptions is that his ain backstage accusation volition person been intercepted arsenic a effect since his begetter was communicating oregon receiving backstage accusation astir the claimant's education, wellness and welfare."

Mr Sherborne besides alleged that Prince Harry's mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, had calls and messages intercepted by NGN.

The proceeding began connected Tuesday with claims by Prince Harry that Buckingham Palace and NGN had struck a backroom woody - which, helium explained, was wherefore helium did not bring a assertion earlier.

He said helium archetypal became alert of the alleged woody successful astir 2012.

NGN lawyers contradict determination was ever a concealed agreement.

The High Court proceeding is expected to reason connected Thursday and the justice volition find whether the claims volition advancement to a proceedings which is owed to beryllium heard successful January adjacent year.

But if NGN succeeds successful its bid to scrap the lawsuit it could besides pb to the blocking of a akin damages assertion brought by the histrion Hugh Grant.

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