Tabloid group confesses to illegal information gathering on Prince Harry.

The publisher of the Daily Mirror has admitted to unlawfully gathering information about Prince Harry and apologized for it, stating that it warrants compensation. The admission was made in court filings outlining Mirror Group Newspapers' defense against Harry's first phone hacking trial. The trial is the first of Harry's three phone hacking lawsuits and threatens to put a royal on the witness stand to discuss embarrassing revelations.