'Grotesque And Sadistic' Key Claims In Harry's Scathing Attack On Tabloids
The Guardian|April 26, 2023
Prince Harry has released an extraordinary witness statement as part of a court battle over alleged phone hacking by the publisher of the Sun and News of the World, owned by Rupert Murdoch
Ben Quinn, Jim Waterson
'Grotesque And Sadistic' Key Claims In Harry's Scathing Attack On Tabloids

Here are some of its key claims:

The queen agreed to take on Murdoch

"I remember speaking to my brother and saying something along the lines of 'enough of this, I want to get permission to push for a resolution to our phone-hacking claims and a formal apology from Murdoch before any of his people are allowed anywhere near the wedding [to Meghan in 2018]' or words to that effect.

"I felt very angry about his newspapers' appalling treatment of my wife and frustrated that nothing had been resolved on the phone-hacking front during the previous 12 months, and I thought (naively perhaps) that this might prove the perfect opportunity to air our grievances and force a resolution to our phone-hacking claims that had, up to that point, been denied to us on account of the secret agreement that had been reached between the institution [royal family] and senior executives at NGN [News Group Newspapers]... and, of course, to force an apology from Murdoch.

"William was very understanding and supportive and agreed. He therefore suggested that I seek permission from 'granny'. I spoke to her said something along the lines of 'are you happy for me to push this forward, do I have your permission?' and she said 'yes'.

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