Daily Mail royal editor denies seeking Prince Harry flight details
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Rebecca English denies asking a freelance journalist for flight details, saying the information came from other sources.
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Daily Mail royal editor denies seeking Prince Harry flight details 24 minutes ago Share Save Tom Symonds News correspondent Share Save The royal editor of the Daily Mail has denied she asked a freelance journalist in South Africa to get "sensitive" flight details for the Duke of Sussex's trips abroad with girlfriends. The High Court trial considering allegations of unlawful information gathering by the newspaper was shown emails between Rebecca English and Mike Behr, a freelance reporter in South Africa who sold stories and provided information to British newspapers. Prince Harry alleges Behr "blagged" information about his flights from airlines. English said a December 2007 story about the prince taking Chelsy Davy on a "make or break holiday" came from students at Leeds University where Davy was studying. The Duke of Sussex is one of a number of high-profile figures, including Sir Elton John and Baroness Lawrence, who are suing the Mail's publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited , for "grave breaches of privacy". ANL has strongly denied the claims. English told the court on Monday: "I was told by my contact that as soon as term ended at Leeds, she would be going away." She also pointed out that several other newspapers appeared to have received the information and written similar stories. But David Sherborne, representing Prince Harry, said the difference was that "you were able to say with certainty that Davy is flying out the same weekend." "You knew perfectly well Prince Harry's flight details," he said, adding that this was because she was sent emails by Behr which he claimed detailed the couple's flight booking. English said she did not remember receiving the email, and it was "uncharacteristic" of conversations she had had with Behr. She denied asking him to get flight details, or using them in stories. She claimed she did not have a good relationship with Behr, and had "been on the receiving end of some not very pleasant behaviour". "You don't understand th...
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