Princess Diana leaked information about the Prince of Wales to "an ally" in the press in order to "take on" her estranged husband, former News of the World reporter Clive Goodman told the phone hacking trial.
David Beckham was paid a million pounds to run excerpts of his autobiography in the Sun and the News of the world, Rebekah Brooks revealed in court this morning.
She said:
"He had two goes at an autobiography. One in 2000 and one when I was at the Sun.
"One of the autobiographies, I think later at the Sun, was done with Harper Collins, owned by NewsCorp, and we shared it with the News of the World and Sun. That was about one million pounds."
She said the NotW would have made a combined deal for Beckham's autobiography and a column which he wrote for the Sunday paper.
Brooks said the tabloid would spend thousands on celebrity pictures, as well as front-page stories, including some brokered by Mr Clifford.
The ex-News of the World chief texted former PM Tony Blair saying she was 'feeling properly terrified' the day before the police interview.
In contrast to yesterday's cool performance, the former editor broke down whilst giving evidence in her phone-hacking trial.
Tony Blair advised Rebekah Brooks how to shield James Murdoch from the fallout of the phone-hacking scandal, the Old Bailey heard today.