Newspaper editor says he was blackmailed by Harry’s gumshoe

A former associate editor at the Mail on Sunday told the High Court he was blackmailed by an investigator assisting Prince Harry and others to sue Associated Newspapers. Seven claimants, including Prince Harry, Sir Elton John and Baroness Lawrence are suing Associated Newspapers for breaches of privacy including phone tapping over a 20-year period. Chris Anderson, associate editor at the Mail on Sunday between 1999 and 2008, told the court he was blackmailed by Graham Johnson, a convicted phone hacker…