Prince Harry’s lawyers only needed to prove one instance of phone hacking or unlawful newsgathering to “win” his case against the Mirror. At the end of the day, the judge said that Harry proved 15 out of 33 articles of criminal hacking or illegal newsgathering. It’s a really big deal, but you wouldn’t know it from the coverage in the British media. Nor would you understand how massive the judgment was if you were just listening to Piers Morgan. Piers was editor of the Mirror for part of the time period in which all of this criminal sh-t was going down. There’s evidence (including Omid Scobie’s credible testimony) that Piers absolutely knew about the hacking and that he encouraged it. The judge said flatly that Piers knew about the hacking as well. All of which led to Piers giving a huffy press conference outside of his house on Friday:
From the Telegraph’s coverage:
Piers Morgan accused the Duke of Sussex of wanting to bring down the monarchy on Friday and said he “wouldn’t know the truth if it slapped him around his California-tanned face”.
The former editor of the Daily Mirror made the comments after Prince Harry called on the Metropolitan Police to investigate Mirror Group Newspapers following the ruling of a High Court judge that he had been a victim of phone hacking. On Friday, Mr Justice Fancourt said that the practice was “widespread and habitual” at the publisher’s three titles from 1998 and remained “extensive” from 2006 until 2011, “even to some extent during the Leveson Inquiry”.
In retaliation, Mr Morgan said the Duke had ”repeatedly trashed his family in public for hundreds of millions of dollars”.
He added: “Prince Harry’s outrage at media intrusion into the private lives of the Royal family is only matched by his own ruthless, greedy, and hypocritical enthusiasm for doing it himself. He demands accountability for the press but refuses to accept any for himself for smearing the Royal family, his own family, as a bunch of callous racists without producing a shred of proof to support those disgraceful claims. He also says he’s on a mission to reform the media, when it’s become clear his real mission, along with his wife, is to destroy the British monarchy.”
Scotland Yard has not ruled out a criminal inquiry. In a statement released on Friday night, it said: “We will carefully consider the civil judgment handed down today at the High Court. There is no ongoing investigation.”
Yeah… people are saying that Piers’ statement was not vetted by legal, and the streets are saying the Mirror might tie this around Piers’ neck and make him take the fall for everything. Piers will not go quietly into that good night though. His ad hominem attack on Harry is honestly a bonkers reaction to… Harry winning his case, and a new legal precedent being made so that more hacking victims can seek justice. Again, the judge found “compelling evidence” that Mirror’s editors knew about the hacking and were happy to benefit from it. That includes Piers.
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“Utterly implausible.”
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Piers is bringing down the monarchy by defending them. The desperation shows.
Exactly. And hopefully his BFF Camzilla will start leaking against him. I’m here for it all. Let the firing circle commence 🍿
Camzilla will need to be careful, Piss isn’t a soul of discretion.
Oh please oh please oh please I hope these villains start turning on each other. Camzilla stops inviting Piss Morgan to her holiday parties so he starts dropping receipts in return, and the Daily Fail starts viciously covering every petty snub between PM and the palaces only to be contradicted and threatened with lawsuits by Camzilla and PM. 🍿🍿🍿🍿
I think PM’s allegation that Harry is trying to take down the monarchy is both a general attempt to get the public that is still royalist to not believe Harry, and also a threat to the palaces that he will turn on them if they don’t continue to support and collude with him.
Camilla’s loathsome son just attended Piers’ holiday party so Camilla is clearly showing her support.
We will know that Piers is in big trouble if the Parker-Bowles contingent drops him.
I expect the Royal Christmas will be even more tense this year than usual…
The two of them are disgusting
Piers already outed CRex and “Catherine” as the royal racists, so I’d say the retaliation on his part has already started.
Even lashing out he’s twisting and distorting what the judge actually said about his knowledge of hacking. They gave this man free rein to viciously attack the Duchess of Sussex day after day, even the day she gave birth, so he’s using them as a shield. He knows this will come back to bite him and he will throw his royal family enablers under the bus to deflect from the seriousness of Harry winning this case. Harry’s court win was against a newspaper group yet pig headed Piers makes it about the monarchy and has to mention Harry’s wife. He’s such a weasel of a person
Did Piers “Piss” Morgan rage at Charles’s book attacking and criticising his parents and whining about his upbringing in the Royal Family? No, didn’t think so……
He really gave the game away by saying Harry is going to bring down the monarchy when Harry has made it clear he’s going after the media. Piss Morgan is too stupid (or panicked) to realize he – and the Mirror themselves in court – are the ones connecting the Leftover Royals to this case. I hope Piss continues to flail and panic. And I hope refuses to go down alone.
I also hope he’s not the type to go down aline and that he takes as many guilty helpers with him as possible.
I guess he started off feeling rather good about his day before the verdict. And I guess that he must realize that there’s now a lot of pressure to move from damages to criminal charges. Have fun with that!
I wondered if he already knew about the verdict before that morning though. Lawyers found out Dec 1st so it’s possible they gave him a heads up.
If only Harry WERE on a mission to bring down the monarchy. If only! 🙏🙏🙏
Exactly this.
I thought he looked a little fearful during this diatribe. Hope I am right. It will be nice to see his downfall begin to pick up speed.
He certainly looked panicked. If he had prior knowledge of the judgement, which is a strong possibility since lawyers for both sides were informed, then this could account for his naming of Charles and Kate. He presented this as ‘right to know’ for the British public but it was essentially an attack on Omid Scobie and on Harry.
The Judge’s ruling that Omid Scobie was a credible witness, added to the references to documentary evidence and the evidence of other witnesses points to PM being guilty of perjury. There was a former sub-editor from the Mirror who was subpoenaed to give evidence. She confirmed that Piers Morgan authorised payments to named people who , from the evidence other witnesses, were using illegal means of information gathering.
There is a real possibility that Piers Morgan could be jailed for perjury and he knows it. His statement was an angry denial of things he hasn’t been accused of. He didn’t hack phones and he didn’t tell anybody to hack phones. But he was aware that phone hacking was taking place and he authorised payments to the hackers. This is what he was asked about at the Leveson Inquiry and he denied having knowledge of these practices. This latest Judgement effectively accuses him of perjury.
There’s something kind of ironic about Piers Morgan being found guilty of perjury through this judgment. He’s guilty of lying and yet he calls Meghan Princess Pinocchio. Who’s the Pinocchio now, PM? And why should anyone ever trust him when he calls meghan or omid liars? How I wish we could see his face splashed in all the papers as Piers Pinocchio. But what I’d really like to see are criminal charges and him going to court.
I do hope, for the sake of the media attending the press conference, that Piers managed to find a pair of pants with a fly zipper that stayed up? The purpose of his impromptu performance wasn’t to reveal too much? Right?
I don’t. I hope his tiny, flaccid peen was out there, all alone, flapping in the wind. The same way he’s about to be when the Mirror starts heaping all the blame on his slimy little shoulders.
Please. Some of us are trying to eat a little breakfast here.
He looked ridiculous hosting his holiday party.
He acted that way when he stalked out of the studio when a colleague defended Meghan.
What does Harry’s relationship with his family and the monarchy have to do with Piers Morgan having knowledge of phone hacking and committing perjury? Oh right. Nothing. What a gross man-baby. He should be broke and in jail.
That’s what I was wondering. If anyone still had any doubt that Piers is working for the BRF…
“…without a shred of evidence”?
Well, Harry and Meghan, you heard him! If he wants evidence, throw him (and the BM, and the RF) a ticker tape parade with alllll those receipts.
It’s a bit rich because for all the complaining and explaining the RF and Media alike have been doing about the racist claims, a denial has never been issued. They never claimed that comments about concerns over Archie’s skin colour were never made.
I think the media telling us that kate was behind the “recollections may vary” comment was them telling us that she was one of the racists mentioned on Oprah.
He wasn’t asked to give evidence? Isn’t he claiming he knew nothing? What would he give evidence of then? And he couldn’t have contacted the Mirror and offered to give a statement? I bet he did and the lawyers said no thanks. He is repeating all the lies about PH, who never accused the RF of “callous racism”. Of course, the evidence is there in their own actions and in the way they behaved themselves. Same as with PM.
Yeah, claiming that he wasn’t asked to give evidence was disingenuous. Clearly, the mirror lawyers did not want him in court perjuring himself. And my understanding is that if Harry’s lawyers called him to give evidence, they wouldn’t be able to question him or cross-examine him. However, if the mirror lawyers asked him to give evidence then Harry’s lawyers could cross-examine. So there was no point of Harry’s lawyers asking and all the reason for the mirror lawyers to tell him to stay away. It’s actually more damning against him that he was not asked to give evidence.
@Jais yeah that’s the general rule – you question witnesses you call yourself for their evidence in chief, and there are very restrictive evidentiary rules surrounding that examination (most notably you can only ask open questions, no yes/no questions). Probing questions to unravel someone’s lies can only happen on cross.
You CAN call an adverse witness yourself and hope they are so intransigent you can convince the judge to declare them a hostile witness (then you can X them) BUT it’s very risky. you might not be able to wind them up enough for them to play into that, and if a witness doesn’t advance your case you risk pissing off the judge for wasting the court’s time.
He could have been subpoenaed. Jane Kerr a former royal reporter and royal editor from the Mirror was subpoenaed and cross examined by Harry’s lawyer.
Even if everything PM said about Harry was true, it would still be irrelevant. Piers did what he did.
As for media coverage, I didn’t read the tabloids, but the BBC, Guardian and Telegraph all had pieces sympathetic to Harry and with “aha” moments, as in “Now we know why the tabloids have been so vicious about H&M.” So phony. This wasn’t a revelation to them – they’ve known all along and are now covering their asses, not to mention the royal family’s asses. But maybe this will be an “aha” moment for the public.
I doubt it. They are too brainwashed to think for themselves.
If they were brainwashed by what the media said before, then they will be brainwashed by what the media says now.
Piers Morgan equated the press with the Royal Family. Does that mean that the Royal Family aided and abetted the phone hacking? We know they briefed against Harry in the press but did they do more?
The Mirror said the other 18 claims were feed to them by the Royal family and Courtiers.
They have been selling negative narratives to the press about Harry ie the general idea that Harry is the dumb one, he is a druggie, party animal , unserious , no ambition while William was made to look like the serious , intelligent one who was always on the look out for his “errant” little brother. This is the impression that the general public has about Harry.
The King is never wrong & no one can be greater than the monarch or outshine him/she even if that means tearing / suppressing others for this to happen.
It’s only recently that some people are beginning to see how mistaken we were – that there is a lot more to Harry than what the British public have been made to believe.
This is the reaction of a person who didn’t do anything wrong 🙄🙄🙄
Good – it looks like the mirror group is trying their best to pin their wrongdoing all on Piers, and also equally looks like he won’t be going quietly! Should be a fun 2024:)
What a weasel. I still think what Kaiser said was true: he had a thing for Meghan before she met Harry and she was zero interested in him. Why would she be? He could technically be her father.
I wonder if there will be criminal charges brought?
@Newt – never mind his age, he’s far too scummy to have a chance with someone like Meghan or actually, anyone with integrity and intelligence. Ewww….. 🤢
Also during the time frame he claimed to have had drinks with her, he was already married.
If he met Meghan it was at a Suits presser with the cast, before he changed his story, he said he invited her for a drink and she turned him down.
Piss will pose with Fido for a picture, 7 years if had a picture with her, it would be on his head stone.
I saw a tweet that said his wife has to be the person with the least self respect on the planet (close to that. Was rudely woken up to drilling at 7am). I have to agree bc it’s so clear that all of this is about his obsession with Meghan.
His wife is just as unhinged and obsessed over Harry, and has fully participated in the tabloid hate campaign.
It’s a weird dynamic, and I fully believe that Piss and the Missus have wigs and costumes for role-playing.
Just imagine PM naked in a ginger wig.
Sorry.
The thundering silence from the royal family about this victory against speaks volumes about how deep and corrupt their ties to the tabs really are. The tabs broke the law and tormented normal private citizens. This is a victory for the rule of law, and the RF are so profoundly compromised, they dare not utter a word? It’s grotesque.
Why is Harry’s California suntan an insult? I’m sure he spends quite a bit of time outdoors in the Cali sunshine, so a tan would surely be the result? 🤔
He is so, so jealous!!!! Oh, a California tan!! How dare he leaves this cold crappy little island for…gasp! California!
There are an awful, awful lot of VERY rich and VERY famous Londoners who are California dreaming.
“When [one] is tired of London, [one] is tired of life” – Dr. Johnson
London is such an overrated city. You have to have HUGE amounts of money to live comfortably. It’s dirty, squalid, and full of Tories.
So glad you brought up the “California suntan”!
Is it to remind people about where Harry is? Is it supposed to incite more hatred? Or can he just not manage his vitriol towards Harry at all?
Is he in front of his home or in the parking lot of the Four Seasons Landscaping parking lot?
🤣🤣 I just spit coffee all over the screen! This comment is perfect!!
😂😂😂 Not the Four Seasons Landscaping parking lot
LOLOL!!!!
Reminder: The Four Seasons Landscaping parking lot is where Rudy Giuliani gave an infamous press conference for his orange-faced boss, just after he lost the 2020 presidential election! The media had a lot of fun with the location choice, especially since it was near a sex shop and a crematorium!
Yikes, that started out somewhat normal and measured and quickly devolved into a full blown tantrum!
Piss is a slimy little snake. And unfortunately most people don’t have enough critical thinking/reading/listening skills to have picked up that in his statement he never actually denies what the judge said. The judge said Piss was fully aware there was hacking etc going on. Piss said he didn’t do the hacking and didn’t ask anyone to. These are not the same thing.
Peter Hunt did an amazing tweet showing the headlines the day the verdict came out. Not a single Sussex mention. He basically let that speak for itself.
The Scum and the Daily Fail must be quaking in their boots in the wake of Harry’s victory as they face similar cases in 2024. One of the claimants in Fail case is Doreen Lawrence, mother of Stephen who was murdered in a racist motivated stabbing. The Fail campaigned to get the murders brought to justice and they would cite this as proof of their journalist commitment to truth. Believe me no one can JUSTIFY phone hacking this mother of a crime victim especially if it is proved the Fail spied on her whilst publicly calling for justice for Stephen!! This is very serious allegation and it could finish them as a newspaper. Phone hacking is morally wrong and illegal whoever they target but they are stooping really low here if it is proven that Doreen was a victim.
“Harry proved 15 out of 33 articles of criminal hacking or illegal newsgathering”
So does this imply the other 18 articles were the result of palace leaks and planted stories? If so, that should also be part of the story.
Yes.
Back in the 2000’s when he had a CNN talk show, I watched a few times then stopped as I could no longer tolerate his attitude. He was abrasive, rude , antagonistic and treated his guests like scum. He had an elitist, I am so much better than you, attitude. He was cancelled (fired) because of low ratings but there were so many complaints about him that it was a multiple choice “pick a reason” situation. He explained it away as Americans were uncomfortable with his views on gun control. Again, refusing to address reality. He’s always been a jerk.
There were rumors about sex harassment also.
Yeah — I remember when Christine O’Donnell walked off his CNN show and accused him of asking sexually harassing questions. The man is pond scum.
Hmmm. Piers. Even if the audience believed you about Harry accusing the RF about racism or about telling things about family life to the public, none of that is illegal? While what you did sure is, so nice try for smoke and mirrors but not sure anyone will go for it
See call me stupid but has anyone actually heard ANYONE other than Morgan and the tabloids use the word “racist”, because all I’ve heard from Harry and Megan is “unconscious bias”, and did harry and meghan name names, NO we heard Morgan name them.
Morgan also made the claims that Harry had his Ophra interview and Netflix documentary while his grandparents were dieing, well Phillip was nearly 100 and died a month after Ophra, and we know Harry tried to get it delayed but the network said “no, only if Philip died”. And sorry but it’s bullsht to say the Queen lay dieing, NO the Queen had travelled to Scotland, we, as a country, were told the Queen, also nearly 100 was in good health but tired and was resting, that’s after they trotted her out on balconies for the jubilee!! So sorry Mr Mouthpiece, the only one bringing the monarchy down is you and your vile mouth. Christ even the judge has labelled you a liar.
Morgan’s fans are the bots and derangers on comments sections who make the same false claims about harry and meghan.
Piss Morgan would look mighty fine in a jail cell.
I think it is worth pointing out that if only 15 of the 33 instances of family information came from the Mirror group, then the rest must have come from the RF.
So piers is saying that by winning against the tabloids Harry is trying to destroy the monarchy, are we to assume that the monarchy and the racist UK tabloids are one in the same, linked. But didn’t Charles say, “dear boy” he couldn’t do anything about them? If that’s the case this means that the RF were behind ALL the attacks on Meghan and later Harry. Does anyone really doubt that Charles would pay to have Diana and her lover killed to clear the way for his Rottweiler to hold title of Queen. Not queen consort
I think Piers knows he maybe for the dock, especially if the The Met officially launches an investigation. Hence the lashing out. I agree Charles and Kate were named the royal racists as payback for not shutting this down. If I go down I’ll rat out the Crown is Piers’ stance. I think he signed his professional death warrant in the UK .with that press conference. Despite Camilla’s son going to Piers’ Christmas party he’s radioactive to the Windsors now, otherwise a blood royal on the line of succession would have attended . Royal adjacent through marriage doesn’t count.
Well Charles just made his very public visit to thank the judges for all the work they do…wink wink. Has he visited the MET police yet? A commenter on Friday was lamenting that the pro-labour mirror was going to be hurting, and while I can’t bring myself to feel bad for a tabloid, I think it’s safe to say that Charles may be more worried about the future cases with the Sun/Murdoch and the DM/rothemere. Maybe especially the one with the Sun due to William’s secret settlement and the whole whooton/jones connection.
What do guilty narcissists do when they’re backed into a corner by proof, truth and logic? They come out swinging and accusatory, they foam at the mouth and point fingers and try to muddy the waters with utter nonsense. They distract, deflect and throw anyone under the bus in a panic to defend themselves. If this means he’s going to do a kompromat dump on the BRF, so be it. I’m getting a bucket of popcorn and magnum of champagne ready to watch this play out.
I used to think the same but I think his obsession could actually have more devious reasons to it was either
(1) he was hoping to get as much information on Meghan & her relationship with Harry carry so as to be the first person to get the scoop on MM which he could use to dangle b/4 the RF and further embed himself with the royal family , giving them ammunition to thwart MM’s relationship with Harry so that H&M’s relationship did not progress to the point of getting married, and at the same time use any information gained and sit on it waiting to use it as leverage against Harry should the need arise
(2) Was already in the know from his source(s) within the RF & working in tandem with his RF source/ connect to gather information on MM undermine the relationship whilst at the same time use his connection with MM as his laugh pad to increase his profile within the US media.
When the supposedly invitation or relationship did not blossom , his plans were thwarted & he became incensed.
Regarding his missive against Harry in wanting to bring down the monarchy – he is basically inferring t hat some of what he has been accused of was done on behalf of his masters ie was only acting in conjunction with the RF such that Harry attacking him ( the messenger) is equivalent to Harry attacking the Monarchy .
It’s also a veiled threat to Harry & the powers that be that he will turn on them ( the powers that be ) if they allow him to hang out and dry.
He really thinks Harry “wouldn’t know the truth if it slapped him around his California-tanned face”? Bwhahahhahah. Piss couldn’t find his own a** with both hands, a map, and help from Wills, much less anything resembling “the truth.”
I hope, but don’t expect, the police goes all in on criminal charges for perjury and nails him to the wall when they investigate with further charges – I seriously doubt any of them gave up hacking after the inquiry, they just got smarter about it.
He will never ever take accountability.
It’s ok, good ole Karma is surrounding him everywhere he goes. I won’t be surprised if he takes others(like his peers or even the BRF) down with him.
Any legal eagles here today? Can Piers’ statement be considered slander? Would Harry be able to sue Piers for slander and/or defamation of character?
And a very merry Pissmas to you, Piers! I hope you receive what you richly deserve. 🎄
@bluenailsbetty, simple answer,, YES, But knowing what I know, Harry is sitting back and waiting
You see Morgan has shot himself in the foot. The police are looking closely at his statements to the Levinson enquiry, the Mirror will be holding fire to see what happens there, as they paid out shed loads of money there, they also had to make two payments and costs on this case. Now the mirror is in preservation mode and if it means hanging Morgan out to dry, it will. Then we have his job at the television channel, that’s on the line, and finally there are several private citizens who were waiting for this case to end, because they ARE going after morgan now. The only protection he has is his royal family friends, and I don’t think any of them are riding to his rescue. I think camzillas son was sent to the party to tell him to keep his mouth shut!
Any phone hacking should be restricted to police who have a court order. Outrageous that private companies can invade privacy in this way without jail time being involved.
It seems like mafia mistress, now wife sent her son to send/bring a message to P. Morgan to calm him down. They do not want him to spread what he knows. It also could mean the Kiss of death to his career. You know what happens when the mafia makes a visit. I might have to become a writer and write this story. I am not sure but something is brewing and the smell is not pleasant. LOL
There was a Guardian article a couple of years ago about how Morgan was using his concern for the BRF as a smokescreen – his unhinged populist hatred of M&H was a ramping up of an attempt to discredit them in the public eye because he knew from very early on the cases were stacking up. This man has been responsible for spearheading much of the UK tabloid hatred against M&H, not in the interests of the nation or BRF but totally himself.
LOL, way to deflect, Piers.
I ❤️ that for him.
He thinks he’s the Prime Minister with his little press conference in front of his house but he just looks like a karen asking to speak to the manager.
Piss Morgan is seriously unhinged. What a miserable little man he is. I can’t imagine being that full of petty hatred. He was poorly advised to do this presser. He looked and sounded awful. If I were him, I wouldn’t make any statement without clearing it with a lawyer at this point.
DESPERATION. The lies made me ill. Harry never smeared anyone; he merely told the truth.