Prince Harry’s lawyers have claimed he experienced “overwhelming intrusion” into his private life from the age of nine.
The High Court heard on Thursday this was possible due to unlawful activity by the publisher of the now-defunct News Of The World newspaper – with Meghan also targeted.
Harry is suing News Group Newspapers (NGN) over “a number of unlawful acts” he says were carried out by its publications, The Sun and the News Of The World, spanning three decades.
The company denies the allegations and a trial is scheduled for January next year.
The Duke of Sussex’s team has previously told the court NGN unlawfully gathered information from 1996 to 2011, including details of interactions with his family and former partner, Chelsy Davy.
But in court documents for a hearing on Thursday, lawyer David Sherborne said several further Sun and News Of The World articles dating from 1994 to 2016 showed evidence of unlawful activity.
Harry’s team has applied to add the new information to the duke’s legal challenge.
Some of these articles came from NGN unlawfully intercepting calls of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Charles when he was the Prince of Wales and his now-wife Camilla, it was claimed.
Image: Diana, Princess of Wales, with her younger son Prince Harry in May 1995. Pic: PA
Mr Sherborne said one article – which he claims was the result of unlawful activity and was published when the duke was 10 – had “information relating to his welfare… relationship with his mother… and her state of mind”.
The activity was said to be “known about”, “encouraged” and “concealed” by those in power at NGN, including former News Of The World editor Piers Morgan.
