Daily mail editor denies using private investigator for royal scoop

Rebecca English, the Daily Mail's royal editor, has denied using a private investigator to gather information about Prince Harry and his former girlfriends, despite emails suggesting otherwise.

Prince harry accuses newspaper of illegal information gathering

English's name appears on six articles cited by Harry in his lawsuit against Associated Newspapers Ltd, the publisher of the Daily Mail. The duke is one of seven claimants alleging the newspaper's journalists obtained unlawful information over decades.

At London's High Court, English was asked about being sent exact flight details for Harry's then-girlfriend Chelsy Davy in December 2007. David Sherborne, the lead barrister for the claimants, showed an email English received from Mike Behr, a South Africa-based investigator, that contained flight information and suggested planting someone near Davy.

Sherborne argued the data could only have been obtained from the airline's computer system, implying an unlawful 'blag'. English claimed not to remember the email and denied asking for such details, calling the suggestion