"I have never hacked a phone or told anybody else to hack a phone."
Piers Morgan hits out at Prince Harry after the Royal said that he “clearly knew about phone hacking”
Piers Morgan hits out at Prince Harry after the Royal said that he “clearly knew about phone hacking”
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00:00 Okay, I've got a short statement for you. Today a judge in the High Court in London has ruled on various cases including Prince Harry's claim against Mirror Group newspapers, where I was an editor until 2004.
00:12 The judgment finds there is just one article relating to the Prince, published in the Daily Mirror during my entire nine year tenure as editor, that he thinks may have involved some unlawful information gathering.
00:25 To be clear, I had then, and still have, zero knowledge of how that particular story was gathered. All his other claims against the Daily Mirror under my leadership were rejected.
00:36 With regard to the judge's other references to me in his judgment, I also want to reiterate, as I've consistently said for many years now, I've never hacked a phone or told anybody else to hack a phone.
00:46 And nobody has produced any actual evidence to prove that I did. I wasn't called as a witness, and it's important for people to know this, by either side in the case, nor was I asked to provide any statement.
00:59 I would have very happily agreed to do either or both of those things had I been asked. But I note the judge appears to have believed the evidence of Omid Scobie, who lied about me in his new book, and he lied about me in court, and the whole world now knows him to be a deluded fantasist.
01:15 And he believed the evidence of Alistair Campbell, another proven liar, who spun this country into an illegal war. And I will continue to do whatever I can to stop them.
01:25 Merry Christmas.
01:27 You look very emotional, Mr Morgan. Has this been difficult for you? Would you welcome a police investigation into hacking?
01:31 Are you worried about being convicted?
01:33 - What's the date?