heard evidence from the Duke of Sussex<\/a>, who alleged it had hacked phones and blagged information about him and those close to him.<\/p>\nThe Duke of Sussex arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice on Thursday \u2018to support, and show solidarity with, the other claimants\u2019. Photograph: Aaron Chown\/PA<\/p>\n
The other claimants are Elton John and his husband, David Furnish, the campaigner Doreen Lawrence, the former Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes and the actor Sadie Frost.<\/p>\n
Hurley\u2019s claim over the tapping of lines and bugging comes from a now \u201cdisavowed\u201d witness statement from the private investigator Gavin Burrows. Hurley, who broke down in tears several times during her testimony, said she was \u201cincensed\u201d by the claims, \u201cthe details in it were very painful to read\u201d.<\/p>\n
Most of Hurley\u2019s court appearance was spent being cross-examined by Antony White, the lead barrister for ANL, who suggested the information in the articles in her claim were obtained by lawful means, from sources who passed on the information.<\/p>\n
He pointed to named friends giving quotes about her in articles, referred to her own interviews talking about issues such as relationships and pregnancy, and said Mail journalists had used information that had previously been reported elsewhere.<\/p>\n
White put it to Hurley that people did leak information about her \u201copenly to the press and to journalists\u201d.<\/p>\n
However, Hurley said the quotes from named friends were sanctioned, uncontroversial and did not amount to \u201cleaks\u201d. She said that their named quotes and her own in interviews were \u201cbenign\u201d and did not give away private information.<\/p>\n
White also said some of the articles relating to the late Steve Bing, the father of her son, Damian, could have come from Bing himself or his \u201ccamp\u201d. Hurley said \u201cit could have been provided by Steve Bing\u201d, but that it was now impossible to ask him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were microphones on the windowsill of my dining room,\u201d she said. \u201cYes, there were leaks, but they were not from my friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked by her own barrister, David Sherborne, about the idea of her friends giving journalists anonymous quotes about her, Hurley said the idea was \u201cpreposterous\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith all due respect, I don\u2019t really want to be here,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t really like talking about things that have happened to me in the past and I find it very painful.\u201d <\/p>\n
Prince Harry initially appeared in the court to observe proceedings. He has so far attended all four days of the trial. A spokesperson for Harry said he was there \u201cto support, and show solidarity with, the other claimants\u201d.<\/p>\n
He was later reportedly seen with Lady Lawrence in the House of Lords. She is yet to give evidence in the case. <\/p>\n
In written submissions, the publisher said stories were obtained \u201centirely legitimately from information variously provided by contacts of the journalists responsible, including individuals in the Duke of Sussex\u2019s social circle, press officers and publicists, freelance journalists, photographers and prior reports\u201d.<\/p>\n
White said that other than the now \u201cdisavowed\u201d witness statement from Burrows, the allegations of phone hacking and tapping were \u201cwholly inferential\u201d.<\/p>\n
White spent much of his cross-examination of Hurley probing about when she first heard about the claims relating to ANL. A key part of the publisher\u2019s case is that she and other claimants have filed their action too late.<\/p>\n
Hurley maintained she only learned about serious allegations in relation to ANL after the October 2016 cutoff date for legal action.<\/p>\n
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