Piers Morgan Encouraged Illegal Targeting of Diana, Says Prince Harry

THE GUARDIAN: Court papers allege that Morgan, when he was NoW editor, and others knew about and concealed hacking of texts and phone calls

Piers Morgan, who hosts a nightly show on Murdoch’s TalkTV channel, has always denied any knowledge of phone hacking during his time as a tabloid editor. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA
Prince Harry has claimed Piers Morgan “knew about, encouraged and concealed” illegal targeting of Princess Diana when he was editor of the News of the World.

Harry alleges that his mother’s private text messages and phone calls were obtained by journalists working for Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid newspapers before she died, with the information used as the basis for multiple stories in the Sun and the News of the World.

Harry alleged in court documents that this illegal targeting of Diana – as well as Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles – was known about and hidden by Morgan and other editors in the mid-1990s.

Morgan, who now hosts a nightly show on Murdoch’s TalkTV channel, has always denied any direct knowledge of phone hacking during his time as a tabloid newspaper editor. The television presenter has had repeated run-ins with Harry. In 2021, Morgan quit ITV’s Good Morning Britain after making comments about the prince’s wife, Meghan. » | Jim Waterson, Media editor | Wednesday, April 26, 2023