Admission: Clive Goodman (pictured today) said he had hacked the royals while working at the tabloid . Disgraced former royal reporter Clive . Goodman hacked Kate Middleton’s phones 155 times in eight months, he . admitted for the first time yesterday. The former News of the World royal . editor hacked Miss Middleton – now the Duchess of Cambridge – on an . almost daily basis, including on Christmas Day. He also frequently intercepted the voicemails of Princes William and Harry. Goodman, who was jailed for hacking . mobiles belonging to royal aides in 2007, said he had not previously . told police or prosecutors about the true extent of his hacking because . he was never asked about it. The 56-year-old told the phone hacking . trial he targeted the young royals in 2005 and 2006 and continued to . hack Miss Middleton until the day before his arrest in August 2006. He hacked Prince William 35 times and . Prince Harry nine times and also targeted royal aides, including the . Duchess of York’s press aide Kate Waddington and Prince Charles’s former . valet Michael Fawcett. He insisted he would have told police about the full extent of the hacking operation if he had been asked. Goodman, a married father of one, was . jailed for four months in 2007 after he admitted his part in hacking . William and Harry’s PA Helen Asprey, their private secretary Jamie . Lowther- Pinkerton and their Press aide Paddy Harverson. Private detective Glenn Mulcaire was jailed for six months. Goodman said the editor of the News of . the World at the time, Andy Coulson, knew about the hacking and . sanctioned £500-a-week payments to Mulcaire to target the royals. Timothy Langdale QC, for Coulson, . confronted Goodman with phone data which showed he had personally hacked . William, Kate and Harry. Goodman said: ‘I am not on trial for . phone hacking. I completely agree I hacked these people’s phones. Allegations: Kate Middleton and Prince William on the day of their graduation at St Andrew's University in June 2005. The Duchess was said in court to have been first hacked in December that year by Goodman . 'I have . never been asked by any inquiry or investigation about this. 'Now you’re asking me about them, I’m quite happy to answer and get everything out in the open.’ The jury has previously heard that the . Metropolitan Police launched an investigation into phone hacking at the . News of the World after the Royal Household raised the alarm. Prosecutor Andrew Edis QC, told the . jurors the 2006 investigation was more limited than the later police . inquiry, Operation Weeting, launched in 2011. Goodman, of Addlestone, Surrey, said . he first targeted Miss Middleton amid speculation her relationship with . Prince William was becoming more serious, and that Mulcaire had provided . her phone details. He told the Old Bailey: ‘I’m really . not the slightest bit proud of this. Trial: Goodman returned to the hacking trial of former editors Rebekah Brooks (left), Andy Coulson (right) and five others to finish giving his evidence after he fell ill on March 21. All seven defendants deny the charges . 'I don’t want anyone to think I’m . not ashamed of what we did but the fact of the matter was we did it and . I’m trying to tell the truth about it.’ The journalist said Mulcaire’s role at . the News of the World was well known at the paper, adding: ‘Virtually . every story that went through the paper was ground through Glenn . Mulcaire’s phone hacking mill.’ Coulson, 45, and Goodman both deny conspiracy to commit misconduct by paying public officials for Palace phone directories. Coulson and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks both deny conspiracy to hack phones. The trial continues. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.
Clive Goodman tells court he hacked voicemails of Kate, William and Harry .
56-year-old jailed in 2007 for illegally accessing voicemails of royal aides .
Prince William's phone 'was hacked 35 times' and Harry's was nine times'
Duchess allegedly first hacked by Goodman, of Surrey, in December 2005 .
Admission: Clive Goodman (pictured today) said he had hacked the royals while working at the tabloid . Disgraced former royal reporter Clive . Goodman hacked Kate Middleton’s phones 155 times in eight months, he . admitted for the first time yesterday. The former News of the World royal . editor hacked Miss Middleton – now the Duchess of Cambridge – on an . almost daily basis, including on Christmas Day. He also frequently intercepted the voicemails of Princes William and Harry. Goodman, who was jailed for hacking . mobiles belonging to royal aides in 2007, said he had not previously . told police or prosecutors about the true extent of his hacking because . he was never asked about it. The 56-year-old told the phone hacking . trial he targeted the young royals in 2005 and 2006 and continued to . hack Miss Middleton until the day before his arrest in August 2006. He hacked Prince William 35 times and . Prince Harry nine times and also targeted royal aides, including the . Duchess of York’s press aide Kate Waddington and Prince Charles’s former . valet Michael Fawcett. He insisted he would have told police about the full extent of the hacking operation if he had been asked. Goodman, a married father of one, was . jailed for four months in 2007 after he admitted his part in hacking . William and Harry’s PA Helen Asprey, their private secretary Jamie . Lowther- Pinkerton and their Press aide Paddy Harverson. Private detective Glenn Mulcaire was jailed for six months. Goodman said the editor of the News of . the World at the time, Andy Coulson, knew about the hacking and . sanctioned £500-a-week payments to Mulcaire to target the royals. Timothy Langdale QC, for Coulson, . confronted Goodman with phone data which showed he had personally hacked . William, Kate and Harry. Goodman said: ‘I am not on trial for . phone hacking. I completely agree I hacked these people’s phones. Allegations: Kate Middleton and Prince William on the day of their graduation at St Andrew's University in June 2005. The Duchess was said in court to have been first hacked in December that year by Goodman . 'I have . never been asked by any inquiry or investigation about this. 'Now you’re asking me about them, I’m quite happy to answer and get everything out in the open.’ The jury has previously heard that the . Metropolitan Police launched an investigation into phone hacking at the . News of the World after the Royal Household raised the alarm. Prosecutor Andrew Edis QC, told the . jurors the 2006 investigation was more limited than the later police . inquiry, Operation Weeting, launched in 2011. Goodman, of Addlestone, Surrey, said . he first targeted Miss Middleton amid speculation her relationship with . Prince William was becoming more serious, and that Mulcaire had provided . her phone details. He told the Old Bailey: ‘I’m really . not the slightest bit proud of this. Trial: Goodman returned to the hacking trial of former editors Rebekah Brooks (left), Andy Coulson (right) and five others to finish giving his evidence after he fell ill on March 21. All seven defendants deny the charges . 'I don’t want anyone to think I’m . not ashamed of what we did but the fact of the matter was we did it and . I’m trying to tell the truth about it.’ The journalist said Mulcaire’s role at . the News of the World was well known at the paper, adding: ‘Virtually . every story that went through the paper was ground through Glenn . Mulcaire’s phone hacking mill.’ Coulson, 45, and Goodman both deny conspiracy to commit misconduct by paying public officials for Palace phone directories. Coulson and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks both deny conspiracy to hack phones. The trial continues. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.
Admission: Clive Goodman (pictured today) said he the voicemails of Princes William and Harry. belonging to royal aides in 2007, said he had not and . Prince Harry nine times and also targeted personally hacked . William, Kate and Harry. was said in court to have been first hacked in December that year by Goodman . 'I have . never launched in 2011. Goodman, of Addlestone, Surrey,