“On 10 April last year in an article headlined ‘Royals believe Eugenie and Beatrice targeted’ we reported suspicions held by Prince Andrew that his daughters’ phones may have been hacked. Our article implied that hacking may have been carried out by The Sun newspaper. The Sun has asked us to point out that there is no evidence whatsoever any such hacking was carried out by the title or on behalf of the title. We are happy to make the position clear.”
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Independent corrects report that The Sun hacked phones
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