{"id":315869,"date":"2026-02-06T18:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sir-elton-john-accuses-daily-mail-publishers-of-abhorrent-invasion-of-privacy\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T18:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:00:08","slug":"sir-elton-john-accuses-daily-mail-publishers-of-abhorrent-invasion-of-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sir-elton-john-accuses-daily-mail-publishers-of-abhorrent-invasion-of-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Elton John accuses Daily Mail publishers of &#8216;abhorrent&#8217; invasion of privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/SKl0HRZlrVc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Sir Elton John accuses Daily Mail publishers of 'abhorrent' invasion of privacy\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SKl0HRZlrVc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sir Elton John has accused the publishers of the Daily Mail of an invasion of privacy into his and his son&#8217;s medical information.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>The star was giving evidence via video link at the privacy trial against Associated Newspapers and claimed their actions had been &quot;abhorrent and outside even the most basic standards of human decency&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>ANL has strongly denied any wrongdoing and has previously claimed Sir Elton&#8217;s allegations were &quot;utterly baseless&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Elton John has accused the publishers of the Daily Mail of an invasion of privacy into his and his son&#8217;s medical information. 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