Prince Harry accuses The Sun of deleting 30 million emails in ‘cover up’ as phone hacking trial begins
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The Duke alleged the mass ‘cover-up’ was authorised by senior NGN figures like Rebekah Brooks. The Duke of Sussex has accused The Sun of destroying millions of emails as a landmark phone-hacking case is set to begin on Tuesday. Prince Harry, 40, has claimed the newspaper deliberately deleted over 30 million emails to cover-up alleged phone-tapping carried out on himself and other public figures between 1996 and 2011.
![[Harr will be joined by Caroline Flack’s mother, who will give evidence about the newspaper’s exposure of her late daughter’s relationship with the prince (Flack pictured)]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/04/11/01/565ac1ece267fd657f8141552f178d9fY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzEyODc3MDQ1-2.41313452.jpg)
He alleged the mass “cover-up” of incriminating evidence was authorised by senior figures like James Murdoch and former editor Rebekah Brooks under what was referred to as the “email deletion plan”. The duke is suing News Group Newspapers (NGN) over allegations of unlawful information gathering, claiming that its journalists and private investigators targeted him through voicemail interception. NGN denies any unlawful activity took place at The Sun, and said deleted emails took place as part of usual company policy.
![[Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks arrives at the Old Bailey]](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/02/28/17/rebecca-brooks.jpg)
He will be joined by Caroline Flack’s mother, who will give evidence about the newspaper’s exposure of her late daughter’s relationship with the prince. Christine Flack has alleged her daughter’s relationship with Harry was discovered and published through unlawful means.
The former Labour deputy leader, Lord Tom Watson, is also taking legal action against the publisher, which ran the now-defunct News of The World as well as The Sun. The trial before Mr Justice Fancourt, which has twice been adjourned since the duke began the legal action in 2019, is due to last 10 weeks, with Harry expected to give evidence over several days.
