Prince Harry risks landing in trouble as he is being accused of withholding information relating to his High Court phone hacking claim against the publisher of The Sun.
According to The Telegraph, News Group Newspapers has demanded the Duke of Sussex to release emails, text messages and WhatsApp messages between him and Sir Cliver Alderton, the King’s private secretary, Sir Michael Stevens, the Keeper of the Privy Purse and treasurer to the King, as well as JR Moehringer, ghostwriter of Harry’s memoir Spare.For the unversed, the defendant believes the “destroyed material” could contain evidence relevant to the case in a bid to help their defense.
Anthony Hudson KC, attorney for NGN accused the prince of “obfuscating,” i.e., “trying to create an obstacle course” to prevent them from obtaining potential evidence.
“It is, I’m afraid we say, another example of the obfuscation in relation to the claimant’s case. We say it’s shocking and extraordinary that the claimant has deliberately destroyed…,” he said, before being interrupted by Mr Justice Fancourt to say: “Well we don’t know what has happened. It’s not all clear.”
