Prince Harry shared Facebook messages with a journalist who called him “Mr Mischief”. A series of alleged exchanges with Charlotte Griffiths emerged during the Duke of Sussex’s privacy trial on Tuesday (March 31).
The messages allegedly show the reporter for the Mail on Sunday calling Harry “Mr Mischief” and “H Bomb”. She also refers to a “fun weekend of naughtiness”. Harry’s messages include the words “sugar”, “Griff” and “Miss our movie snuggles”, The Times reports. Claims of the messages come after Harry told the court in January that he was not friends with any of the journalists linked to the case.
The Duke of Sussex and a group of other household names face a wait to find out whether they have won their High Court cases against the Daily Mail’s publisher.
During an 11-week trial, the High Court in London heard claims brought by the group – which also includes Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish – against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) of unlawful information gathering.
These include allegations of voicemail interception, phone tapping, and obtaining information by deception – also known as “blagging”, carried out by private investigators, freelance journalists and staff at the Mail’s publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited. ANL strongly denies the claims and has defended the case.
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