OUR British tabloid publisher apologized to him Prince Harry for trying to illegally obtain information about him, at the start of a lawsuit filed by a member of the royal family over the alleged wiretapping of his telephone conversations, in which he must also testify.

Harry, 38, and about 100 celebrities, including actors, sports stars, singers and television personalities, are suing the publishing group. Mirror Group Publicationsaccusing his newspapers of regularly accessing private information through the widespread use wiretappingfraud and other illegal activities between 1991 and 2011.

Plaintiffs allege misconduct Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People this happened with the full knowledge of the editors and top management, who, they say, knew about it, approved it and hid it.

MGN disputes the allegations, arguing that some of the lawsuits were filed too late, and dismisses most of the rest, stating that there is no evidence that Harry was a victim of wiretapping. The group denies that senior management had any knowledge of the illegal activities.

However, in documents to the London courtMGN has acknowledged that it once commissioned a private investigator to collect illegal evidence on Harry at a London nightclub in 2004, stating that he “probably apologizes and agrees that Harry is entitled to appropriate compensation”.

Harry, who was not present at the start of the seven-week trial, has been selected as one of four precedent-setting cases and is expected to testify in person in early June. 19th century, according to British media.

“Prince or not, the frankly unfair and illegal methods used by the accused to obtain any information about his life outside of his royal duties were truly despicable,” he said. David Sherborne, the lawyer representing Harry and the other plaintiffs, is in court today. “No one should go through this.”

He said illegal activity was taking place on a large scale, saying that MGN had spent millions on private detectives.

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