Harry and the Chamber of Phone Hacking Secrets
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Explaining Prince Harry’s court case against Mirror Group Newspapers
BBC media editor Katie Razzall and lawyer Mark Stephens talk Adam Fleming through the first day of the trial and discuss what Prince Harry will have to face when he takes the stand on Tuesday.
Chris Mason is back after parliamentary recess and he tells us what Rishi Sunak had to say about illegal migration when he was in Kent today.
And beloved children’s author Michael Morpurgo talks about his new book, the environment, King Charles and children’s literacy.
Today’s Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Ben Carter with George Dabby and Rufus Gray. The senior news editors are Damon Rose and Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, it is the triumphant return of Chris Mason. Hello. |
| 0:09.0 | Well, return. Let's not overcook this. |
| 0:11.8 | And also, it's not even a return because you popped up last week. |
| 0:14.0 | Yes. Oh, well, bye. |
| 0:17.2 | So you know what, later on in this episode in Newcastle, |
| 0:19.2 | we're going to talk about the fact that Prince Harry |
| 0:21.2 | didn't turn up to the phone hacking case in the in court. |
| 0:26.6 | And the judge sort of raised an eyebrow at that. |
| 0:29.0 | So before I ask you about today's politics, |
| 0:31.1 | I'm going to do a quick classic newscast quiz with you. |
| 0:33.6 | Oh, right. Here we go. |
| 0:34.8 | Other times people were no shows. |
| 0:37.0 | Here we go. Question one, |
| 0:38.8 | which shadow secretary of state said, |
| 0:41.1 | what is the point of her when her opposite number |
| 0:43.8 | failed to turn up for an urgent question in the House of Commons? |
| 0:46.8 | Was that today? |
| 0:48.1 | No, but it's I can see why I might thought it was today. |
| 0:50.6 | Right. So was it I reckon it was a vet Cooper talking about |
| 0:54.2 | to an appointment? |
| 0:55.0 | Correct. And the subject was for a bonus point. |
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