Daily Mail editor emeritus Peter Wright Celebrities are often lonely and confide in journalists, according to former Mail on Sunday editor Peter Wright who said Prince Harry’s accusations of illegal newsgathering at the paper are false. Along with other high-profile claimants, Harry has claimed the Mail on Sunday engaged in widespread use of phone hacking, tapping and illegal bugging as well as commissioning detectives to obtain private information like phone and medical records. The claims are the subject of an ongoing privacy trial. Wright, who was Mail on Sunday editor from 1998 to 2012 and is now editor emeritus at publisher Associated Newspapers, said in his witness statement: “Journalists have a very wide variety of sources of information, including one-off tips, regular freelancers, and well-connected individuals with whom the journalist may have spent years building a trusted relationship. “In the political, Royal and showbiz worlds, for example, journalists would spend many of their evenings at social events meeting and cultivating these existing and potential sources. “This is particularly true on Sunday newspapers, where the journalists’ …