Prince Harry won a big case against Mirror Publisher, what is the whole matter related to phone hacking

Britain’s Prince Harry has won the phone hacking case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN). A British judge ruled in their favor in 15 of the 33 sample articles presented in the case, ruling that there was evidence of widespread and habitual use of phone hacking at the Mirror newspapers. Prince Harry hailed the historic verdict on December 15 as a “great day for truth and accountability”. The High Court of London has awarded damages of £140,600 (about Rs 1.4 crore) to Prince Harry. The decision was reported by Mirror Newspaper Daily The Mirror is critical of the Sunday Mirror and Sunday People, which have already spent an estimated £100 million on damages and legal costs in previous hacking cases.

what is phone hacking

Britain’s tabloid press has been notorious for using illegal methods, such as phone hacking, to obtain news. The highly competitive tabloid press in the United Kingdom before the digital age made great efforts to obtain information, including the use of covert methods. Calling someone’s number and punching in 0000 or some other default PIN number in the hope that this will give access to their voice messages. Often, this happened. The targets of hacking included many celebrities, royals, politicians, athletes, friends and families of famous people and even common people who make headlines.

What is Prince Harry’s case?

King Charles’s young son was one of nearly 100 claimants, including players and actors, who sued Mirror Group Newspapers over allegations of phone hacking and other illegal methods to gather information between 1991 and 2011. One of the articles on which Prince Harry won his claims had the headline: Harry is a Chelsea fan. The story is about his relationship with Zimbabwean businesswoman Chelsea Davy. He also won his claim over the article “Harry’s date with Gladiators star”, which was about his meeting with TV presenter Caroline Flack, the BBC reports.