David Furnish calls alleged phone hacks of him and Elton John an abomination'

"While the Mail have partly moved with the times, they have also published countless judgmental and narrow-minded stories about us pieces clearly designed to undermine who we are and how we live our lives, Furnish said in a written submission. To know that they were enabled to do this to us through stolen information, and setting private investigators on us, and landline tapping and recording our live telephone calls is an abomination."

"Furnish and John are part of a group of seven claimants, including Prince Harry, who accuse Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) of ordering unlawful information gathering to secure stories. ANL denies all the allegations. In written submissions, ANL's legal team said all the claims made in relation to Furnish and John were groundless and unsupported by the evidence before the court."

Allegations claim the Daily Mail used private detectives, landline tapping and recorded telephone calls to obtain stolen personal information about Elton John and David Furnish. The Mail published judgmental, narrow-minded stories alleged to undermine the couple's identity and lifestyle. Furnish and John are among seven claimants, including Prince Harry, accusing Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) of ordering unlawful information gathering. ANL denies the allegations and says the challenged articles were sourced from journalists' contacts, the couple's spokesperson and prior material. Furnish learned of the alleged tactics after Elizabeth Hurley contacted them in February 2021 and would not otherwise have known the law had been broken.

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