Rob Watson

Were they being sincere then, or are they being sincere now? That's the question, isn't it?

Were they being sincere then, or are they being sincere now? That's the question, isn't it?

He did take a big risk and I think for three reasons really, Val. Firstly, that there was always the danger that he'd be seen as a moaner. He couldn't stand the sort of scrutiny that goes with being a royal, being in the public limelight. Second, that actually just by complaining and trying to take the papers to court, it would just encourage... more tabloid coverage.

He did take a big risk and I think for three reasons really, Val. Firstly, that there was always the danger that he'd be seen as a moaner. He couldn't stand the sort of scrutiny that goes with being a royal, being in the public limelight. Second, that actually just by complaining and trying to take the papers to court, it would just encourage... more tabloid coverage.

And I guess thirdly, the most obvious one is, you know, just massively expensive. I mean, taking big corporations, including newspapers, like newspaper groups like NGN, owned by Rupert Murdoch, is a fabulously expensive enterprise, Val.

And I guess thirdly, the most obvious one is, you know, just massively expensive. I mean, taking big corporations, including newspapers, like newspaper groups like NGN, owned by Rupert Murdoch, is a fabulously expensive enterprise, Val.

Not necessarily, no. I mean, I guess we'll have to wait and see what Parliament and the police do. But it's clear what Prince Harry and Lord Watson want. I mean, they say that, yes, NGN, the Sun newspaper, has admitted, it hasn't admitted everything. It's admitted that some of its private investigators carried out what they called unlawful activities.

Not necessarily, no. I mean, I guess we'll have to wait and see what Parliament and the police do. But it's clear what Prince Harry and Lord Watson want. I mean, they say that, yes, NGN, the Sun newspaper, has admitted, it hasn't admitted everything. It's admitted that some of its private investigators carried out what they called unlawful activities.

But in its statement settling this case, it says that it acknowledges, and I'm reading here, Val, without any admission of illegality, that the newspaper group's response to the original arrest of its royal reporter, Clive Goodman, in 2006 on all the hacking inquiry. So it's not, for example, it's not admitting to, if you like, one of the main charges that was going to come up.

But in its statement settling this case, it says that it acknowledges, and I'm reading here, Val, without any admission of illegality, that the newspaper group's response to the original arrest of its royal reporter, Clive Goodman, in 2006 on all the hacking inquiry. So it's not, for example, it's not admitting to, if you like, one of the main charges that was going to come up.

in this case had it gone to trial and that is essentially that that senior executives presumably all the way up to Rupert Murdoch they knew what was going on that they knew that there was massive amounts of illegal activity and that senior executives perjured themselves both in front of the if you remember at the Leveson inquiry and in court when they denied any such thing had happened now whether the police and parliament will take that up we simply don't know

in this case had it gone to trial and that is essentially that that senior executives presumably all the way up to Rupert Murdoch they knew what was going on that they knew that there was massive amounts of illegal activity and that senior executives perjured themselves both in front of the if you remember at the Leveson inquiry and in court when they denied any such thing had happened now whether the police and parliament will take that up we simply don't know

I think, again, that depends really on whether there is a police investigation and subsequent trial and whether Parliament gets involved again. I mean, were that to happen, I mean, were senior people at the paper or previously at the paper or its owners involved, to be found guilty of the kind of things that we've heard alleged today on the door, on the footsteps of that court, as it were.

I think, again, that depends really on whether there is a police investigation and subsequent trial and whether Parliament gets involved again. I mean, were that to happen, I mean, were senior people at the paper or previously at the paper or its owners involved, to be found guilty of the kind of things that we've heard alleged today on the door, on the footsteps of that court, as it were.

I mean, that would present an extremely serious challenge to the newspaper, popular as it remains.

I mean, that would present an extremely serious challenge to the newspaper, popular as it remains.

The first thing to say, Oliver, is that the whole thing is an extraordinary tale. And just the idea of the world's richest man interfering in British and European politics. But anyway, let's get to the specifics.

The first thing to say, Oliver, is that the whole thing is an extraordinary tale. And just the idea of the world's richest man interfering in British and European politics. But anyway, let's get to the specifics.

So essentially, I think Elon Musk and Nigel Farage saw themselves as being anti-woke, anti-establishment figures, you know, who think that basically a liberal elite has betrayed the majority of ordinary people with the pushing of multiculturalism and high levels of immigration, where they've fallen out is over a man called Tommy Robinson. He's a far-right English activist.

So essentially, I think Elon Musk and Nigel Farage saw themselves as being anti-woke, anti-establishment figures, you know, who think that basically a liberal elite has betrayed the majority of ordinary people with the pushing of multiculturalism and high levels of immigration, where they've fallen out is over a man called Tommy Robinson. He's a far-right English activist.