The Duke of Sussex and Sir Elton John are to be given secret documents from the Leveson Inquiry to support their phone hacking claim against the Daily Mail following a decision by the Government. The documents outline payments made to private investigators by both the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday. Prince Harry and Sir Elton John are among a group of celebrities to have filed a lawsuit alleging widespread unlawful behaviour at Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Mail titles. The notice varies a restriction order imposed by Sir Brian Leveson in 2012, meaning the documents can now be used. It comes a month after the Duke of Sussex dropped a separate libel claim against the Daily Mail.

Source: Daily Mail March 01, 2024 18:43 UTC