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prince harry, sir elton john, elizabeth hurley and baroness doreen lawrence are part of a group who'veinst associated newspapers, publishers of the daily mail, the mail on sunday and the mail online for alleged gross breaches of privacy. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has the story. i should warn you, this report contains flashing images from the start. they are veterans of the fight against media intrusion. now prince harry, sir eltonjohn, liz hurley and sadie frost have combined forces to take on the mail, along with, and this was a surprise, baroness doreen lawrence. she has had a warm relationship with the daily mail, two of her son's killers were jailed in 2012. for more than a decade, the mail helped keep the case in the headlines but this is what lawyers now say associated newspapers journalists have been involved with. bugging cars and homes. listening to private telephone calls, paying police officials for sensitive information. and obtaining illicitly medical and financial records. more serious allegations even than phone hacking according to a lawyer who has been

prince harry, baroness doreen lawrence, sir eltonjohn and elizabeth hurley are part of a group who'ved newspapers, publishers of the daily mail, the mail on sunday and the mail0nline for alleged gross breaches of privacy. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, has the story. they are veterans of the fight against media intrusion. now, prince harry, sir eltonjohn and his partner david furnish, liz hurley and sadie frost have combined forces to take on the mail, along with — and this was a surprise — baroness doreen lawrence. she has had a warm relationship with the daily mail. two of her son stephen's killers were jailed in 2012. for more than a decade, the mail helped keep the case in the headlines. but this is what lawyers now say associated newspapers journalists have been involved with: more serious allegations even than phone hacking, according to a lawyer who has been involved in legal action against associated newspapers. they are highly intrusive. they are means of delving into the private lives of people, and private lives which are protected by statute under the human r

sadie frost have combined forces to take on the mail, along with, and this was a surprise, baroness doreen lawrence with the daily mail, two of her son's killers were jailed in 2012. for more than a decade, the mail helped keep the case in the headlines but this is what lawyers now say associated newspapers journalists have been involved with. more serious allegations even than phone hacking, according to a lawyer who has been involved in legal action against associated newspapers. they are highly intrusive. they are means of delving into the private lives of people and private lives which are protected by statute under the human rights act and by convention by the european convention of human rights. it is a gross invasion of privacy if these things occurred and it would be right and proper, if they did occur, that associated newspapers and hopefully some of the seniorfigures are held to account. phone hacking was not practised by the mail on sunday or daily mail. that was the former editor in 2012. today's statement from associated newspapers: baroness lawrence had been persuaded to endorse lies,

eltonjohn and his husband david furnish and the actress elizabeth hurley, sadie frost and baroness doreen lawrenceeen perpetrated and carried out by associated newspapers, people that publish the daily mail, the mail on sunday and the mail online. in a press release from hamlin is, the lawyers representing the six people, they talk about the distressing evidence that these people have seen that they have become the victims, i am quoting, of an apparent criminal activity and gross breaches of privacy. now, they detail and there is lots of detail, five allegations of activity. the hiring of private investigators to secretly place listening devices inside cars, the commissioning of people to surreptitiously listen and to record people's lies. the payments of police officials with corrupt links to private investigators, accessing bank accounts, credit histories and financial transactions. so allegations that frankly, detail what these people say is effort by associated newspapers to access pretty much every facet of their life. r , , �* , life. and this isn't the first time that a 9"°up — life. and th

baroness doreen lawrence really stands out, because she has a pretty good relationship with the dailys teller. prince harry, sir eltonjohn, david furnish, his partner, the actresses elizabeth hurley and sadie frost. technically what they have done today is enter their claims into the civil courts, but look at what they are claiming. bugging cars and homes using private investigators, secretly listening to and recording live phone calls, paying police officials for sensitive information, obtaining medical information and financial information, and their lawyers say that they have banded together to uncover the truth and told journalists to account, united in their desire to live in a world where the press operates freely yet responsibly. just as i sat down here, we received a statement from associated press, saying we utterly and unambiguously refute these preposterous smears which are an orchestrated attempt to drag that paper back into the phone hacking scandal. ., ., , paper back into the phone hacking scandal. ., ., ~ paper back into the phone hacking scandal. ., ., the time is...

sadie frost have combined forces to take on the mail, along with, and this was a surprise, baroness doreen lawrenceail helped keep the case in the headlines. but this is what the lawyers for her and the others now say associated newspaperjournalists have been involved with — bugging cars and homes, listening to private telephone calls, paying police officers for sensitive information, obtaining medical and financial records. more serious allegations even than phone hacking, according to a lawyer, who's been involved in legal action against associated newspapers. they are highly intrusive. they are a means of delving into the private lives of people, and private lives, which are protected by statute under the human rights act and by convention by the european convention on human rights. so it is a gross invasion of privacy. if these things occurred, and it would be absolutely right and proper if they did occur that associated newspapers and hopefully some of their senior figures are held to account. phone hacking was not practised by the mail on sunday or the daily mail. that was the former mail edi

sadie frost have combined forces to take on the mail, along with, and this was a surprise, baroness doreen lawrence the daily mail. two of her son's stephen's killers were jailed in 2012. but this is what the lawyers for her and the others now say associated newspaper journalists have been involved with — bugging cars and homes, listening to private telephone calls, paying police officers for sensitive information, obtaining medical and financial records. more serious allegations even than phone hacking, according to a lawyer, who's been involved in legal action against associated newspapers. they are highly intrusive. they are a means of delving into the private lives of people, and private lives, which are protected by statutes under the human rights act and by convention by the european convention on human rights. so it is a gross invasion of privacy. if these things occurred, and it would be absolutely right and proper if they did occur that associated newspapers and hopefully some of their senior figures are held to account. phone hacking was not practised by the mail on sunday or the daily ma