The police in London said they will “take into account” the court’s decision that Prince Harry was a victim of phone hacking and other illegal acts by Mirror Group journalists with their editors’ knowledge.
The younger son of King Charles, who was the first senior British royal to testify in court in 130 years when he went to a trial in June, got £140,600 yesterday after the judge confirmed he had been attacked by journalists from Mirror Group Newspapers.
A police spokeswoman said they would “take into account” the verdict in the civil case, and said: “There is no active investigation.”
The Duke of Sussex, who left his royal duties in 2020 and moved to California with his US wife Meghan, has vowed to eliminate the British press of those he calls “criminals pretending to be journalists”, especially top executives and editors.
The court’s decision stated that Piers Morgan, a prominent broadcaster and former Daily Mirror editor from 1996 to 2004, was among the editors who were aware of the “extensive” illegal acts by their journalists. Morgan has been a vocal opponent of Harry and Meghan.
Morgan strongly rejected the claim that he knew about phone hacking while he was editor.