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Phone-hacking trial: Princess Diana 'gave royal phone book to NoW' | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Diana, Princess of Wales, gave a book of royal contact details to the News of the World's former royal editor, he has told the Old Bailey hacking trial. | |
Clive Goodman told the trial he received the book in 1992. | |
Mr Goodman, jailed in 2007 for phone hacking and later dismissed from his job, denies two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office. | |
He is accused of paying police officers for confidential royal phone directories, known as "green books". | |
Earlier, the court heard from the mother of former NoW editor and ex-NI chief executive, Rebekah Brooks. | |
'Aggressive and combative' | |
Mr Goodman, 56, was made royal editor in 2000, the court heard. | |
But he told the Old Bailey his position was "downgraded" from 2003 because of his poor relationship with several key desk editors, some of whom cannot be named for legal reasons. | |
He said one, deputy editor Neil Wallis, was aggressive and "didn't like me". | |
Mr Wallis, he said, influenced the then editor Andy Coulson, and as a result: "[Mr Coulson] became more aggressive, more combative and more bullying." | |
Mr Goodman said Mr Coulson moved his stories down the list of those being discussed at the paper's editorial conferences. | |
"He took me off the list altogether. I was forever being berated for the lack of quality of my stories," he said. | |
The jury has previously been told of Mr Goodman's conviction for phone hacking. | |
Asked by his barrister David Spens QC if he ever used information in a green book for hacking purposes, he responded "No." | |
The court also heard News International, the owner of the Sunday tabloid paper, paid Mr Goodman £140,000 - the equivalent of a year-and-a-half's salary - after he was dismissed. | The court also heard News International, the owner of the Sunday tabloid paper, paid Mr Goodman £140,000 - the equivalent of a year-and-a-half's salary - after he was dismissed. |
'Worried for you' | 'Worried for you' |
Earlier, Deborah Weir told the court her daughter Mrs Brooks urged her not to watch the news as it emerged that murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler's phone had been hacked. | |
In one of a series of text messages sent by Mrs Weir to her daughter, she said: "I'm so worried for you." | In one of a series of text messages sent by Mrs Weir to her daughter, she said: "I'm so worried for you." |
Mrs Brooks, who is among the seven defendants on trial, denies conspiracy to hack phones, conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office, and two counts of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. |