Prince Harry Testifies in Court Alleging Phone Hacking by Mirror Newspaper

Prince Harry has given evidence in a UK court for two days, claiming that articles from the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, and The People newspapers were obtained through unlawful information gathering, including phone hacking.

He is the first senior royal to give evidence in a law court in 132 years.

The articles in question include details of his relationship with Chelsy Davy, his trip to a strip club, and his 18th birthday.

Harry alleges that the information in the articles attributed to a Palace source is a result of phone hacking, as the Palace would not have known about such information.

However, the publisher's barrister has challenged his claims, arguing that the information could have come from other sources.

Andrew Green KC has also pointed out that the Eton story could have been sourced from an interview Prince Harry did with the Press Association.

Prince Harry testified in a legal case against the Mirror newspaper over claims that it illegally obtained information about him.

During the testimony, he accused the paper of hacking his phone and said that the exact same information had been released by him in an interview and appeared in other articles.

He also remembered a specific article in the newspaper about a dinner party he had with the late TV presenter Caroline Flack, which he said had left him "shocked" and "livid." The judge asked Prince Harry about his memory of the tell-tale signs of voicemail interception and he replied that he remembered voice messages on his phone would appear not to be new, even if he had not listened to them, or the icon for a new message would disappear from his screen before he had had a chance to access the inbox.

Prince Harry testified in a court case and was asked by the judge if he could help identify when he first experienced strange activity on his phone.

Prince Harry said it started around the time he got a mobile phone in 1998 and continued until the present day.

The judge asked about his personal knowledge and experience, after hearing allegations from the Mirror Group that were deemed speculative and unsupportable.

The judge's assessment of Prince Harry's credibility on this matter may be relevant in determining if he was targeted, even if there is no paper trail to prove it conclusively.