Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson's 'secret six year affair exposed

Former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson were having a secret affair for at least six years, the Old Bailey heard today. Police investigating phone hacking in 2011 discovered they had been lovers since 1998 after finding a letter Mrs Brooks wrote to Mr Coulson in February 2004 on her PC.  Their affair was revealed today at the Old Bailey because it took place at the height of hacking at the News of the World, where she was editor and he was her deputy for the majority of that time. Revelation: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson (left, in September 2004) were having a secret affair for at least six years, the Old Bailey heard today. Coulson is pictured leaving the court today with his wife Eloise (right) Couple: Rebekah Brooks...

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Private eye used by News of the World royal reporter 'hacked phone of Prince Harry's aide and discovered he had asked for help with Sandhurst essay'

Phone hacking was used to track the movements of Prince Harry, Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton while they were dating, the trial of Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson heard today. The News of the World's £100,000-a-year 'blagger' Glenn Mulcaire produced a string of exclusives  by intercepting phone messages about the young royals while they trained for the armed forces. Mulcaire, who also used the name Alexander Matey, also discovered Prince Harry had asked for help with his Sandhurst exams 'based entirely on a voicemail', the court heard.In a 2006 voicemail Harry asked his private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, now one of Prince George's godparents, for help writing an essay on the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980.'It's sort of like phone-a-friend in Who Wants...

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