He is joining scores of other people in a group claim that alleges editors and executives at Mirror Group Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mirror, and News Group Newspapers (NGN), publisher of the Sun and the defunct News of the World, mounted an industrial-scale cover-up over more than 20 years. Byline reports the duke’s claim could see his lawyers seek to establish whether the newspapers intercepted voicemails of his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. However, it is clear that the duke’s claim extends at least a decade beyond that 2007 case. The duke’s lawyers will attempt to obtain evidence of what, if any, personal information was obtained by the newspapers. The duke’s claim against the two news groups comes after his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, launched a legal case against the Mail on Sunday.

Source: The Guardian October 05, 2019 20:03 UTC