The royal editor of the Daily Mail has denied she asked a freelance journalist in South Africa to get "sensitive" flight details for the Duke of Sussex's trips abroad with girlfriends.

The High Court trial considering allegations of unlawful information gathering by the newspaper was shown emails between Rebecca English and Mike Behr, a freelance reporter in South Africa who sold stories and provided information to British newspapers.

Prince Harry alleges Behr "blagged" information about his flights from airlines.

English said a December 2007 story about the prince taking Chelsy Davy on a "make or break holiday" came from students at Leeds University where Davy was studying.

The Duke of Sussex is one of a number of high-profile figures, including Sir Elton John and Baroness Lawrence, who are suing the Mail's publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), for "grave breaches of privacy".