Elizabeth Hurley and the Duke of Sussex are among seven people suing Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday. They allege that the tabloids obtained information about them through illegal means.
On Thursday (22), Elizabeth Hurley broke down in tears while speaking about the “brutal invasion of privacy” that, according to her lawyer David Sherborne, enabled sensationalist reports about her to be produced over a 20-year period.
The “Austin Powers” star accused the publisher of installing listening devices on her window ledge and of using information obtained from tapped landline phones.
She and the other claimants allege that the outlets engaged in a “clear, systematic and sustained use of illegal methods to obtain information.”
According to People magazine, Elizabeth Hurley was asked why she had not complained earlier about the 15 articles published between 2002 and 2011. She replied that she did not file complaints because “they were essentially true.”
“I believe that’s because people were listening to me talk,” she added.
Prince Harry was also present that day but did not give testimony, according to royal expert Ian Pelham Turner speaking to Fox News Digital.
Elizabeth Hurley stated that she filed the lawsuit to protect her son and that she did not want anything published that she would not want him to read. “It was a very traumatic period,” she said emotionally.
The actress began to suspect that people close to her might have been leaking conversations or that there was someone nearby able to listen in on her private life. “I felt devastated.”
On Wednesday (21), Harry spent two and a half hours in the witness box. He submitted a written statement that mentioned his brother, Prince William, and his sister-in-law, Kate Middleton.
The statement contained a list of people with whom he had regular contact between 1996 and 2014. The published details about his life are said to have been obtained illegally within his circle of trust.
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