The outcome of Prince Harry 's final lawsuit against the British tabloids could rest on the credibility of a private eye who previously admitted snooping on the royal.
LONDON — The outcome of Prince Harry's final lawsuit against the British tabloids could rest on the credibility of a private eye who previously admitted snooping on the royal.A lawyer for the publisher of the Daily Mail said Tuesday that the case brought by the Duke of Sussex and celebrities including Elton John and actors Sadie Frost and Elizabeth Hurley collapsed when investigator Gavin Burrows testified that he never spied for the newspaper or its sister publication, the Mail on Sunday.
Defense lawyer Antony White said in his closing argument that a statement Burrows allegedly signed — and later disavowed — saying he "must have done hundreds of jobs" for the Mail between 2000 and 2005 had inspired the lawsuits.But Burrows, who once apologized to Harry in a BBC documentary for ruthlessly targeting him for tabloids in his teen years, testified that he never carried out the skullduggery for the Mail. He said the statement was fabricated by the claimants' legal team and his signature was forged.Judge Matthew Nicklin, who oversaw the 11-week trial in the High Court and will issue a written ruling later, repeatedly asked the claimants' lawyer what would happen to the case if he rejected Burrows' original statement.Attorney David Sherborne said there was a wealth of other evidence implicating the newspapers of unlawful information gathering, including the use by the papers of other investigators, journalists and freelance reporters to tap phones, intercept voicemails and obtain information through deception.Harry and the six other claimants are seeking a "substantial award of damages, including aggravated damages," Sherborne said. The legal costs alone have been estimated as reaching nearly 40 million pounds .The trial is the final chapter in Harry's long‑running battle with the British tabloid press. He wants to hold newspapers accountable for past wrongdoing and reform what he has called a toxic media environment.Harry and the claimants are suing Associated Newspapers Ltd. for invading their privacy. Other claimants are anti‑racism activist Doreen Lawrence, former politician Simon Hughes and John's husband, David Furnish.They claim the newspapers relied on "clear, systematic and sustained use of unlawful information gathering" over two decades to spy on them.Associated Newspapers denied the allegations as "preposterous," insisting the roughly 50 articles at issue were based on lawful sources, including frie
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