David Furnish’s Claims Against Daily Mail in Privacy Lawsuit
David Furnish’s Claims Against Daily Mail in Privacy Lawsuit
Publish Date: 2026-02-05 12:25:00
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David Furnish’s Allegations Against the Daily Mail
By Sam Tobin
Details of the Privacy Breaches
LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) – British singer Elton John’s husband, David Furnish, on Thursday told London’s High Court that the publisher of the Daily Mail had unlawfully obtained information about them, including from their friend Prince Harry.
Response from Associated Newspapers
Furnish – who with John is one of seven claimants suing Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail, for alleged privacy breaches – also said in his witness statement that the Mail titles had been “actively homophobic” about him and John.
Implications of the Case
Associated denies allegations of phone hacking and other unlawful acts made by Furnish, John and the other claimants, and says the information its newspapers reported was already in the public domain or obtained from legitimate sources.
The publisher’s lawyer, Catrin Evans, suggested that information in the stories Furnish and John complained about had come from other media, John’s website or statements from his spokesperson.
But Furnish, giving evidence by video link, said details in the Mail articles had been much more specific.
FURNISH SAYS MAIL STOLE INFORMATION FROM HARRY
Furnish was the sixth claimant to give evidence in the high-profile lawsuit, after Harry, actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost, former lawmaker Simon Hughes and anti-racism campaigner Doreen Lawrence. John is due to give evidence on Friday.
Furnish and John’s case relates to 10 articles published between 2002 and 2015, including a 2007 story in the Mail on Sunday about a concert to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Harry’s mother Princess Diana, who died in a 1997 car crash.
Harry said in his witness statement that he thought he and John would have exchanged voicemail messages about the concert. The Mail’s lawyers, however, say the information came from well-placed royal sources.
Furnish said in his written evidence that he and John believed…
