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Phone hacking at NoW 'carried out on industrial scale' Coulson 'agreed payments that led to royal phone hacking'
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Phone hacking at the News of the World was carried out on "an industrial scale", the Old Bailey has heard. Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson agreed to payments that led to three phones in the royal household being hacked, the Old Bailey has heard.
Former royal editor Clive Goodman told the court the newsroom was so competitive that one senior journalist hacked editor Andy Coulson's phone. Giving evidence, then royal editor Clive Goodman said Mr Coulson was aware private investigator Glenn Mulcaire had offered to "monitor" the phones.
Mr Goodman denies conspiring to commit misconduct in public office. Mr Coulson agreed "a two month trial" of payments to Mr Mulcaire, he said.
Mr Coulson, who is one of a further six on trial, denies conspiracy to hack phones and conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office. Both Mr Goodman and Mr Coulson, two of seven on trial, deny conspiring to commit misconduct in public office.
Mr Coulson also denies conspiracy to hack phones.
Mr Goodman said he had told Mr Coulson in October 2005 that Mr Mulcaire was offering to monitor the phones of an assistant to Princes William and Harry, their private secretary, and the press secretary to the Prince of Wales.
He told the court he had no budget of his own and had to ask Mr Coulson to agree the payments.
Mr Goodman was asked whether he told the former editor how Mr Mulcaire would get the royal aides' voicemail access numbers.
He said there was a suggestion the information was being obtained through the private investigator's security service contacts but he could not be sure this was true.
During his third day in the witness box, Mr Goodman, 56, said phone hacking at NoW was carried out on "an industrial scale".
He said the newsroom was so competitive that one senior journalist even hacked Mr Coulson's phone.
Prince Harry's homework
The court was also told that a micro-cassette with a recorded message from Prince William to Kate Middleton had been found at Mr Goodman's flat.
The former royal editor, who was convicted of phone hacking in 2006, said it had been recorded by Mr Mulcaire.
Mr Goodman told the court the message was of the prince arranging to leave the military training academy Sandhurst to meet his then girlfriend.
Another story he got from a recorded message was about Prince Harry and his homework, the court heard.
Mr Goodman told the court he had made a private deal with the private investigator to pay him £500 a week for information obtained from hacking the phones of people close to the princes.
"I would be able to access information about meetings, events, events happening in the lives of the Prince of Wales's sons, who were then up and coming and making their way in the world," he said.