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Harry loses High Court privacy case against Daily Mail publisherpublished at 16:56 BST<\/p>\n
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A High Court judge has dismissed claims brought by Prince
\nHarry and six others that the Daily Mail publisher used information that had
\nbeen gathered unlawfully within a number of articles published years ago.<\/p>\n
In his judgment today, Mr Justice Nicklin underlined that
\nsuspicion alone was not proof – and found the claimants had failed to bring
\nenough evidence to support their allegations.<\/p>\n
Nicklin unpicked the arguments for a number of articles
\nbrought in as evidence – they included a piece published in 2010 in which Elton
\nJohn and his husband David Furnish claimed details about their newborn son had
\nbeen obtained by deception, a draft article about Sadie Frost’s ectopic
\npregnancy, and articles on Prince Harry\u2019s previous relationships.<\/p>\n
The judge also dismissed the “Leveson Lies” (as it
\nwas termed in pleadings and submissions) – an allegation that former Daily Mail
\neditor Paul Dacre and two other senior Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL)
\nwitnesses gave false evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.<\/p>\n
He called those allegations “extremely serious”
\nand said the claimants “are open to criticism” for the way in which
\nthey were pursued, he found.<\/p>\n
Associated Newspapers Limited, which had always strongly
\ndenied all the claims, has called it an “overwhelming victory”.<\/p>\n
One claimant, former Lib Dem MP Simon Hughes, says the judgment was “very disappointing” – adding he will take time to consider it.<\/p>\n
Prince Harry, who is currently in London, and the other
\nclaimants are yet to comment publicly.<\/p>\n