‘I will examine it in his subsequent e-book’ – Piers Morgan hits again at Prince Harry’s criticism

Piers Morgan has hit again at Prince Harry after receiving fierce criticism from the royal throughout his telephone hacking trial.

The Duke of Sussex stated the considered the previous editor of the Daily Mirror and his “band of journalists” earwigging on his mom’s messages “makes me feel physically sick”.

Morgan informed Sky News he did not see any of Harry’s feedback, however added: “I wish him luck with his privacy campaign and look forward to reading about it in his next book.”

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Prince Harry‘s feedback had been written on web page 12 of his 55-page witness assertion, which claims that 33 articles written by papers owned by the Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) concerned illegal data gathering by the writer, together with telephone hacking.

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The Duke of Sussex wrote: “The thought of Piers Morgan and his band of journalists earwigging into my mother’s private and sensitive messages (in the same way as they have me) and then having given her a ‘nightmare time’ three months prior to her death in Paris, makes me feel physically sick and even more determined to hold those responsible, including Mr Morgan, accountable for their vile and entirely unjustified behaviour.”

Yesterday, the High Court was informed allegations that Princess Diana’s telephone was hacked by the paper when it was underneath Morgan’s supervision from 1995 to 2004.

Prince Harry’s lawyer, David Sherborne, learn aloud particulars of letters she wrote to comic Michael Barrymore that exposed the pair had secret conferences, and that the Princess was supporting Barrymore who was “struggling with coming out as gay”.

He stated that in Morgan’s e-book, The Insider, he refers to “rumours” that Diana was “secretly comforting” Barrymore and that he was being handled for alcohol habit.

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In his witness assertion – paragraph 42 – Harry writes: “Mr Morgan’s reference to ‘secret’ meetings, I can only assume that this information had been obtained via voicemail interception and/or other unlawful information gathering such as live land line tapping.”

‘Barrage of horrific private assaults’

Morgan has at all times denied any involvement in, or data of phone-hacking or different criminal activity, however has very publicly criticised each Harry and his spouse, Meghan, prior to now.

Later within the assertion – paragraph 194 – Prince Harry accuses Morgan of inflicting a “barrage of horrific personal attacks and intimidation” on each him and Meghan.

“Unfortunately, as a consequence of me bringing my Mirror Group claim, both myself and my wife have been subjected to a barrage of horrific personal attacks and intimidation from Piers Morgan, who was the Editor of the Daily Mirror between 1995 and 2004, presumably in retaliation and in the hope that I will back down, before being able to hold him properly accountable for his unlawful activity towards both me and my mother during his editorship,” he wrote.

Morgan’s spokesperson had no touch upon Harry’s claims.

Piers Morgan Vs Harry and Meghan: A quick historical past

The Duke of Sussex at present firmly put Piers Morgan within the highlight for his alleged actions as editor of the Daily Mirror.

But Morgan’s relationship with the royal couple has a fancy historical past.

Morgan first met Meghan in 2016, earlier than she met Prince Harry.

The pair “got on brilliantly” and “had a couple of dirty martinis” in response to Morgan, who informed RTE’s The Late Late Show in 2019.

But their relationship shortly turned bitter after Meghan met Harry, when Morgan accused the duchess of “ghosting” him.

“I just think she’s a slight social climber,” he informed Late Late host Ryan Tubridy.

Morgan’s criticism of the couple then escalated after their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021, wherein Meghan stated she “didn’t want to be alive anymore”.

Reacting to the interview, Morgan stated he “didn’t believe a word” of it, whereas presenting ITV’s Good Morning Britain (GMB).

His feedback sparked livid outrage from the general public, with 41,000 Ofcom complaints and psychological well being charity Mind stating they had been “disappointed” by his feedback.

Perhaps most famously of all, Morgan stormed off the set of GMB, and later left his function as presenter, after clashing with fellow presenter Alex Beresford in regards to the interview.

Morgan maintained his opinion even after leaving the present, saying that he did not imagine “almost anything that comes out of her mouth” and that Meghan had finished injury to the British monarchy.

“If I have to fall on my sword for expressing an honestly-held opinion about Meghan Markle and that diatribe of bilge that she came out with in that interview, so be it,” he stated in March 2021.

It additionally emerged that Meghan formally complained about Morgan earlier than he left GMB.

The grievance was understood to concentrate on how Morgan’s feedback might have an effect on the problem of psychological well being typically and people trying to cope with their very own issues.

What has MGN stated?

Previously, MGN, now owned by Reach, has admitted its titles had been concerned in telephone hacking, settling greater than 600
claims, however its lawyer, Andrew Green KC, has maintained that there was no proof that Harry had ever been a sufferer.

As Prince Harry turned the primary British royal to seem in a witness field in additional than a century, Mr Green claimed that his telephone couldn’t have been hacked when one of many articles was printed as he didn’t have a cell phone on the time.

He additionally dismissed the declare that Diana’s voicemails had been hacked as “total speculation” and “without any evidential basis whatsoever”.

Proceedings are as a result of conclude by the top of June, with Mr Justice Fancourt anticipated to present his written ruling later within the 12 months.

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