Earl Charles Spencer has come to his nephew Prince Harry's defence amid claims the Duke of Sussex is 'still obsessed' with ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy. Photo / Getty Images
Pathetic, @amandajplatell - you have no shame, and even less credibility. Last time I heard from you, you were guilty of libelling me, as your employer at @DailyMailUK agreed. Now you’re put up (by them?) to misrepresent significant legal evidence as if it was something trivial. https://t.co/rFPLEcDtk9
Harry is one of several celebrities suing Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) in the UK, accusing reporters from tabloids The Daily Mirror, The Sunday Mirror and The Sunday People of phone hacking and other illegal methods to produce stories on him from 1996 to 2011.
Some of his time on the stand was focused on stories involving him and Davy, who were in an on-and-off relationship for six years and broke up in 2010. Davy later attended the Duke of Sussex’s wedding to Meghan Markle in 2018.
In court, Harry said the Mirror obtained scoops by looking at call data and said it was “very suspicious” that they had Davy’s number.
MGN’s lawyers responded that Harry’s claims were “total speculation about where the information might have come from”.
Daily Mail writer Amanda Platell later wrote on Twitter, “Is Harry still obsessed with former love Chelsy Davy?”