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Hacking trial: William 'almost shot' Hacking Trial: Kate Middleton's voicemails hacked
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Prince William left a voicemail for Kate Middleton telling her he had almost been shot on a training exercise, the phone-hacking trial has heard. Voicemails left for Kate Middleton by her boyfriend Prince William were hacked by the News of the World, the phone-hacking trial has heard.
The jury has heard messages left by the prince for his then girlfriend in 2006. In one message William used the pet name "babykins" and in another told her he had almost been shot with blanks.
He was in officer training at Sandhurst at the time. An unnamed male also left a message for Prince Harry impersonating his then-girlfriend Chelsey Davey.
In another message played to the court, he said he was going "beagling", or hunting with dogs, and invited his future wife to go with him. It is the first time the jury has heard that the Duchess of Cambridge's phone had been hacked.
Prince William was undergoing officer training at Sandhurst in 2006 when he said he "nearly got shot" with blank rounds during a training exercise in Aldershot.
Former NoW editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson are on trial with five others accused of a number of offences, which they all deny, including conspiracy to illegally intercept voicemails.
In another message played to the court, Prince William said he was going "beagling" - hunting rabbits with dogs - and invited his future wife to go with him.
A message from the prince left on the duchess's phone was discovered at the house of Clive Goodman, then royal editor at the News of the World in 2006, prosecutor Andrew Edis told the Old Bailey.