Prince Harry 'rallies behind' tearful Elizabeth Hurley over 'brutal invasion of privacy'
Harry has been battling it out in High Court this week
Prince Harry has been hitting the headlines for his emotional displays in High Court this week and fresh reports claim he has also been very supportive of actress Elizabeth Hurley.
The Duke of Sussex has been in London, appearing in court, in a case against Associated Newspapers Limited.
Harry is facing off against the publishers of the Daily Mail for alleged unlawful information gathering.
Prince Harry supports Elizabeth Hurley
Prince Harry candidly discussed the negative impact the alleged unlawful information gathering has had on his state of mind, as he stood on the witness stand.
Harry claims that intrusions into his private life were carried out by journalists working for Associated Newspapers Limited.
Prince Harry is part of a group of high-profile claimants.
The claimants include Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish, campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence, politician Sir Simon Hughes.
Actors Sadie Frost and Elizabeth Hurley are also battling against ANL.
The group of claimants have endured “clear, systematic and sustained use of unlawful information gathering” over two decades, according to attorney David Sherborne.
Elizabeth Hurley alleged to London’s High Court yesterday that her landlines and home had been bugged.
She described this as a “brutal invasion of privacy”.
Elizabeth Hurley testified
The 60-year-old actress was said to have paused several times to compose herself as she spoke before the court.
As per The Guardian, she told the High Court that information for “deeply hurtful and damaging” articles had been gathered by bugging her windowsill and using information from tapped landlines.
During questioning, Elizabeth was asked why she hadn’t complained about the 15 articles published between 2002 and 2011 sooner.
She replied that she hadn’t complained because “they were, in essence, true,” as per People.
“I believe it’s because people were listening to me speak,” she said.
Prince Harry’s support
Royal expert Ian Pelham Turner has since explained that it was a “no-brainer” that Prince Harry was present at the trial on Thursday, although he was not testifying.
Ian told Fox News Digital: “Harry was pleased to support Liz Hurley,” he said. “She felt that, allegedly, her home had been bugged. Which caused her tremendous upset and worries that unknown people had illegally invaded her privacy.”
“Prince Harry was originally supposed to testify today. So it’s nice to see him in court after an emotional day to support another claimant,” royal commentator Meredith Constant also told the publication. “It’s a visual reminder that this case isn’t just about Prince Harry, it’s powerful. It’s not a case of whinging and giving the British royal family a massive headache, as some U.K. outlets have tried to frame it.”
Elizabeth Hurley’s claims
In a statement submitted to the court as per reports, Hurley accused ANL of “landline tapping my phones and recording my live telephone conversations, placing surreptitious mics on my home windows, stealing my medical information when I was pregnant… and other monstrous, staggering things.”
“Above all, it was the discovery that the Mail had tapped the landlines of my home phones and tape-recorded my live telephone conversations that devastated me,” she said. “I felt crushed.”
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