Police in charge of security of the royal family asked for money from the tabloid News of the World to provide information relating in particular to the queen.
An internal investigation conducted by News International, the British media group of the Murdoch news empire, revealed e-mails indicating intention of a journalist to pay members of the protection team of the queen and royal family, according to BBC and other British media.
Scotland Yard, which heads the investigation of wiretapping and allegations of corruption against the tabloid, claims that this information is part of a “deliberate campaign to undermine the investigation”.
Buckingham Palace, contacted by AFP, has no comment on information.
The tabloid News of the World has been permanently closed and its last edition was published Sunday in full scandal of wiretapping.
According to the BBC’s, an internal message of News of the World mentions payments of 1,000 pounds – requested by a journalist to buy information from the police, especially private phone numbers of the royal family.
Evening Standard newspaper adds that the information refers to facts and gestures of the Queen’s husband, Prince Philip and the royal staff.
300 messages gathered for an internal investigation of the News of the World in 2007, which were not sent back then to the police are being presently examined by the Scotland Yard.
Among these messages, some shows that Andy Coulson, editor of the publication at that time authorized the bribery of police officers in exchange for information.