A newspaper editor pleaded guilty in court today to hacking into the voicemails of the British Royal household staff. 

Clive Goodman, the Royal editor at the News of the World newspaper was responsible for a raft of exclusives for more than ten years at the paper. 

His Royal exclusives included “Harrys Drug Shame”  in 2002 when Prince Harry was exposed as having smoked cannabis.

Goodman apologised to the Royal family after admitting his guilt at the Old Bailey today. His co-accussed Glen Mulcaire, 35, pleaded guilty to a further five charges of unlawfully intercepting telephone messages of several high profile celebs including top model Elle McPherson and publicist Max Clifford.

Goodman has been suspended by the News of the World since his arrest by officers from the Royal Protection Unit, and now faces the end of his career.

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