Editor Approved Cash for Photo of Prince William in a Bikini, Prosecutor Says
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News Corp. tabloids repeatedly hacked phones and paid bribes to get stories about Britain’s royal family, prosecutors said as the trial of eight key figures continued Friday.
A transcript of a 2005 voice mail left by Prince Harry on his ex-special services private secretary’s phone, asking for help on an essay during the prince’s time at a military college, was found on a file owned by former News of the World royal reporter Clive Goodman, prosecutor Andrew Edis said. A year later, Rebekah Brooks, then editor of the Sun tabloid, approved a bribe for a photo of Prince William in a bikini, Mr. Edis said.
Mr. Goodman and Ms. Brooks are among eight people on trial for a variety of charges stemming from alleged practices at News Corp. newspapers. Another voice-mail message revealed Prince William had been shot with plastic bullets when he got lost on a military training exercise in the U.K., Mr. Edis told jurors at a London criminal court.
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