The Biggest Bombshells From Prince Harry’s Phone-Hacking Trial

Nearly four years after Prince Harry sued Mirror Group Newspapers for allegedly hacking his phone and misusing private information to create salacious stories, the Spare author is finally squaring off against the British tabloids at London’s high court. Harry claims journalists at The Mirror, The Sunday Mirror, and The Sunday People took repeated aim at him and his inner circle by unlawfully accessing his voice-mail and using other illicit information-gathering tactics between 1996 and 2011, privacy intrusions he says caused him significant distress. The historic trial, which began last month, marks the first time a senior royal has testified in court since 1891, when Edward VII, then the Prince of Wales, testified in the case of a man cheating at cards.

Surprising absolutely no one, Pete Davidson revealed that he and Colin Jost were “very stoned” when they bought their old Staten Island ferry boat. Taco Bell is adding its first fully plant-based menu item, a vegan version of the Crunchwrap. Have you ever listened to “It Wasn’t Me” all the way through? Shaggy wishes you would. Scientists have discovered the first case of “virgin birth” in crocodiles. And talk about bad luck.

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