Overview
- Katie Nicholl, a former Mail on Sunday diary editor, testified that she relied on real contacts close to Prince Harry and did not use unlawful methods to obtain stories.
- She identified named sources for disputed pieces, citing a link to Lady Elizabeth Anson for a Tiggy Legge-Bourke godparent story and a close friend of Chelsy Davy in South Africa for a relationship report.
- Nicholl’s account of being invited by Harry into a private room at a 2003 Kensington Roof Gardens party was challenged, with Harry previously denying he invited her.
- She is named as the author of seven articles in Prince Harry’s claim alleging unlawful information gathering by Associated Newspapers.
- Associated Newspapers denies wrongdoing; the trial, which began in January, is due to finish at the end of March, after which Mr Justice Nicklin is expected to issue a written judgment.