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Prince Harry tells Supreme Court judge he is unaware of ANY evidence he was hacked by the Mirror

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Prince Harry admitted before a judge today that he was unaware of “any evidence” that he had been hacked by a tabloid newsgroup.

But he said it would be “unjust” if he were denied victory in his Supreme Court phone hacking case against the publisher of the Mirror.

Andrew Green KC, of ​​Mirror Group Newspapers, told the prince he was ‘in the land of total speculation’ and there were no phone calls to back up his claims.

During Harry’s second day on the witness stand at the Rolls Building, Mr Green asked him, “Are you aware of any evidence that gives any indication of the extent to which you have been hacked, or not at all?”

The fifth in line to the throne replied, “No. That’s part of why I’m here, my lord.’

Prince Harry, pictured here leaving court with David Sherborne, admitted to a judge today that he was unaware of ‘any evidence’ that he had been hacked by a tabloid newsgroup

Harry, pictured here in a court sketch, fired back claiming that the paper destroyed vast amounts of evidence, including using 'burner phones', to cover up his misdeeds

Harry, pictured here in a court sketch, fired back claiming that the paper destroyed vast amounts of evidence, including using ‘burner phones’, to cover up his misdeeds

Harry and Meghan will attend the Ms Foundation Women of Vision Awards in New York on May 16

Harry and Meghan will attend the Ms Foundation Women of Vision Awards in New York on May 16

The KC later said, “You are presumably aware that at no time is there a single item of call records on your mobile phone belonging to a Mirror Group journalist?”

But Harry, much more optimistic and self-confident than on his first hesitant day on the witness stand, responded by claiming that the paper had destroyed vast amounts of evidence, including using ‘burner phones’, to cover up his misdeeds .

Harry seemed close to tears as he finished his historic day and a half of answering court questions.

During a turbulent last few hours on the witness stand, the Duke voluntarily gave details of his eventful love life, including a trip to a strip club.

But he lashed out at hurtful and ‘disturbing’ reports in the Mirror Group’s titles about the breakup of his relationship with his first love Chelsy Davy, and accused The People newspaper of unlawfully accessing their phone records.

Harry, the first senior royal to give evidence in court in 132 years, claimed he may have been hacked ‘daily’ by the Mirror newspapers over a 15-year period from when he was a schoolboy at Eton.

He claimed there was “hard evidence of an incredible amount of suspicion” and that he had been hacked on an “industrial scale”.

Harry claimed that stories in The People about him and Mrs Davy were “incredibly suspicious” because they quoted “palace sources” at a time when the young couple were so careful they never told the palace “anything”.

Harry accused the newspaper of using the “palace sources” attribution to obscure the true source of the information: phone hacking.

At one point, Mr. Green said to him, “So we’re in the land of total speculation as to whether this is voicemail interception?” The Duke replied, “No, not at all.”

Mr Green asked the Duke if he knew that two of Mrs Davey’s friends had released information to the media. “I highly doubt it,” he said. The former soldier also rejected claims in one story that he “loved the military more” than Ms. Davey.

Andrew Green KC, pictured here leaving court, for Mirror Group Newspapers, told the prince he was 'in the land of total speculation' and there were no phone calls to back up his claims

Andrew Green KC, pictured here leaving court, for Mirror Group Newspapers, told the prince he was ‘in the land of total speculation’ and there were no phone calls to back up his claims

Harry, pictured here leaving the court, looked close to tears as he ended his historic day and a half of answering questions at the court

Harry, pictured here leaving the court, looked close to tears as he ended his historic day and a half of answering questions at the court

And between several terse exchanges with Mr Green, he claimed that Mirror articles were riddled with inaccuracies. Harry told a story claiming Mrs Davey “blew her top” over his drunken visit to the “sleazy” lap-dancing club Spearmint Rhino and that it was “factually incorrect that” one of the girls they asked to dance naked had a long, stately blonde wash. which contains more than a passing reference to Prince Harry’s girlfriend Chelsy Davy,” adding, “I’m just saying, my lord, that’s not true.”

He informed Mr Justice Fancourt, “I don’t see any quotes from the, I believe, ‘Lithuanian lap dancer’ who sat on my lap.”

In his written testimony, which was made public on Tuesday, Harry wrote: ‘I don’t think Chelsy got mad because I went there. We talked about it on the phone, but I promised her I hadn’t had a lap dance.’

During his testimony today, Harry told of a night in London when a paparazzi photographer had tried to flee in his car when he and his police officers tried to confront him.

He claimed the photographer ran a red light and drove on the wrong side of the road to get away, “endangering everyone around him.”

Harry claimed: ‘He decided to evade the police. That’s not normal “dad” behavior. We think there was an illegal device in his car.’

The 38-year-old duke’s evidence was much more certain than during his first day on the witness stand, when he struggled to justify his claims of hacking and repeatedly seemed to realize that articles he thought came from hacking were actually just follow-ups were from other publications and the BBC, or from official palace statements – and in one case an interview he himself had given.

Pressed further today, he confessed he was not ‘aware’ that a Sunday Mirror story about his breakup with Ms Davy had previously been broken by the News of the World newspaper.

And on a story about him ‘openly frolicking’ with a blonde friend in Twickenham, he admitted he was unaware the content had come from the Press Association news agency the day before.

The Duke, who has previously denied working with royal author Omid Scobie on the gushing biography Finding Freedom, was asked if he knew Mr Scobie. Harry replied, “Yes, I do,” before hastily adding, “I know about him.”

The Mirror Group denies all claims. The case is expected to last seven weeks, and with Harry’s case closed, he’s about half way through. Two Coronation Street soap stars and the ex-wife of comedian Paul Whitehouse also filed a lawsuit against the publisher.

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