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A private investigator has apologised for targeting the Duke of Sussex's ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy when they were dating, saying Prince Harry was seen as 'the new Diana'.
Gavin Burrows, a witness in ongoing legal cases against News of the World and the Sun, alleged that Chelsy Davy's phones were monitored after she started dating Prince Harry, 37, in 2004.
Mr Burrows said Harry was seen as the 'new Diana' in the early 2000s and claimed editors told him that putting Harry on the front page sold more copies of newspapers than his brother Prince William.
Speaking to the BBC in new documentary The Princes and the Press, Mr Burrows said: 'There was a lot of voicemail hacking going on, there was a lot of surveillance work on her phones, on her comms.
'Chelsy would brag to her friends when she was going to see him.'
Gavin Burrows, a witness in legal cases against News of the World, alleged Chelsy Davy's phones were put under surveillance after she started dating Prince Harry (pictured in 2006)
Mr Burrows' claims have been strongly disputed and are yet to be tested in court.
He alleged that Ms Davy's communications were targeted, saying investigators were interested in her medical records, details of her education and her
