Sir Elton calls press intrusion into his baby son 'truly sickening'
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- Sir Elton John described press intrusion into his family's privacy as 'truly sickening' during a High Court hearing.
- The legal case involves seven high-profile claimants, including Prince Harry and Elizabeth Hurley, suing ANL for privacy breaches.
- Sir Elton and David Furnish allege that ANL published private medical details and information about their son Zachary's birth.
- ANL denies the allegations, arguing that the information was sourced from public domain reports and official statements.
- The court heard that one article published Zachary's birth certificate before the couple had received it, highlighting the extent of the alleged privacy breaches.
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Sir Elton calls press intrusion into his baby son 'truly sickening' 40 minutes ago Share Save Amy Walker and Bruce Thain , High Court Share Save Sir Elton John has said it was "truly sickening" to learn of how the Daily Mail breached his family's privacy in relation to the birth of his son Zachary, the High Court has heard. In a witness statement, Sir Elton described the press intrusions - which also included article's about his own health - as "outside even the most basic standards of human decency". The musician and his husband David Furnish are among seven people, including Prince Harry, Elizabeth Hurley and Baroness Doreen Lawrence, suing the publisher of the newspaper and the Mail on Sunday for breaches of privacy. Their publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited , denies all allegations of unlawful information gathering. The star gave evidence in person on Friday, appearing at the High Court via a video link in a green suit, blue shirt and tie. He told the court the legal case brought by him and Furnish "contains the most horrendous things in the world that you can ever suffer from a privacy point of view". The couple's legal claim relates to 10 articles published between 2000 and 2015. In his statement, Sir Elton said he felt "passionately" about "how wrong it is that such gross invasions could have been inflicted upon us and our family and friends without us ever knowing". "I have found the Mail's deliberate invasion into my medical health and medical details surrounding the birth of our son Zachary abhorrent and outside even the most basic standards of human decency," he wrote in his statement. Sir Elton said that while he had devoted his life to music, "this does not mean deeply personal things which I have a right to deal with in private are fair game". He described what he called the "exploitation of love, connection, trust and bonds to find out information shared in confidence", and said the "invisibility of such evil acts" meant he and Furnish were unabl...