Princess Diana’s former butler and confidant, Paul Burrell, received an apology and compensation from the editor of the tabloid The Daily Mirror for hacking her phone’s mailbox. close sources said on Tuesday (20).
The amount of compensation was not specified.
In London’s High Court, Mirror Group Newspapers claimed responsibility for the hack between 1995 and 2008. Lady Diana’s current King III.
A lawyer for this media group, Alexander Vakil, offered his client’s “heartfelt apologies”, acknowledging the “pain caused by the removal of his private information and access to his voicemail”.
In the early 2000s, the British press was rocked by a major messaging scandal that led to the closure of News of the World in 2011, while Mirror was ordered to pay record damages to a number of celebrities in 2015.
Today, Paul Burrell’s attorney, Francis Leonard, highlighted the effects of illegal wiretapping: “In Diana’s life, the activities of the accused had worsened the relationship (between Burrell and the Princess) because Diana falsely believed she had leaked very sensitive personal information to the press.” .
The eavesdropping could also strain relations with her defense when Diana was accused of stealing hundreds of her personal items when she died. He was acquitted of these charges.
His defense said that, in addition to listening to his voicemail, he was hired by Mirror at least three times to get information from the former butler.
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