Royals snooping probe widens to include politicians and celebrities

THE case of a tabloid reporter suspected of eavesdropping on Prince Charles yesterday broadened into a probe of possible snooping on a wide array of politicians and celebrities.

British police were questioning two men, one of them a reporter who covers the royal family for the News of the World, after some of Prince Charles’s staff said they thought someone was listening to their phones.

Scotland Yard was last night investigating whether high-profile public figures or members of the British royal family have had their mobile phone voicemail messages intercepted.