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News Corp paper spied on UK's Prince William - BBC
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November 9, 2011, Wednesday
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THE News of the World, the now-defunct tabloid at the center of the News Corp phone-hacking scandal, paid a private eye to spy on Prince William and a host of other high-profile people, the BBC said yesterday.
The report, based on an interview with the detective, is yet another damaging revelation for News Corp's British operation and comes in the week Rupert Murdoch's son James will testify for a second time before British lawmakers.
According to former police officer Derek Webb, the News of the World asked him to carry out surveillance on Queen Elizabeth's grandson Prince William, his brother Harry's former girlfriend, former Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith and the parents of "Harry Potter" actor Daniel Radcliffe.
"I was working for them extensively on many jobs throughout that time," Webb said according to quotes on the BBC website.
"I never knew when I was going to be required. They phoned me up by the day or by the night... It could be anywhere in the country."
William, whom the report said was trailed in 2006 while in western England, was one of more than 90 people Webb was asked to follow in eight years of working for the paper from 2003 until it was closed down in July.
The prince's office said it had no comment on the story.
The report, based on an interview with the detective, is yet another damaging revelation for News Corp's British operation and comes in the week Rupert Murdoch's son James will testify for a second time before British lawmakers.
According to former police officer Derek Webb, the News of the World asked him to carry out surveillance on Queen Elizabeth's grandson Prince William, his brother Harry's former girlfriend, former Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith and the parents of "Harry Potter" actor Daniel Radcliffe.
"I was working for them extensively on many jobs throughout that time," Webb said according to quotes on the BBC website.
"I never knew when I was going to be required. They phoned me up by the day or by the night... It could be anywhere in the country."
William, whom the report said was trailed in 2006 while in western England, was one of more than 90 people Webb was asked to follow in eight years of working for the paper from 2003 until it was closed down in July.
The prince's office said it had no comment on the story.
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