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As it happened: Prince Harry cross-examined on phone hacking accusations

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Prince Harry has finished his first day being cross examined in the High Court as part of his case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN). The Duke of Sussex – the first member of the royal family to give evidence in court in more than 130 years – says reporters used unlawful means, including phone hacking, to get stories about him. Harry will be back in the witness box tomorrow. Here’s what has happened today so far:

• According to Harry, attributing a source as a ‘pal’ is a classic hallmark of phone hacking

• Harry alleges the tabloids spied on him on his Australian gap year using a private investigator

• The Duke accused the tabloids of hacking his phone while he was at Eton

• Newspaper editors and journalists have ‘blood on their hands’, the Duke said

• Harry says that stories that King Charles was not his real father were ‘designed to oust me’ from the royal family

Alexander Larman has a write-up of this morning’s events here

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