It comes as allegations of unlawful information-gathering at the Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) were brought by Prince Harry and other celebrities to the High Court this week, with the third day of the trial set to resume today.
Speaking to the BBC before the trial began, Mr. Morgan said: “I’ve never hacked a phone. I’ve never told anybody to hack a phone.” The former editor added that phone hacking is completely wrong and was “lazy journalists being lazy”.
In written arguments heard on the trial’s second day, lawyer David Sherborne claimed “the systemic and widespread use of [private investigators] by Mirror Group Newspaper journalists to unlawfully obtain private information was authorized at senior levels”, including desk heads, editors, and senior executives.
Asked by reporters on Wednesday whether he would follow the company’s lead in apologizing to Harry over one of the allegations involving private investigators, ex-Mirror editor Piers Morgan – who denies any knowledge of illegal activity at the paper – said he was “not going to take lectures on privacy invasion” from the royal.