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Sherborne

British  
/ ˈʃɛːbɔːn /

noun

  1. a town in S England in Dorset: noted for its medieval abbey, ruined medieval castle, and Sherborne Castle, a mansion built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594. Pop: 9350 (2001)

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David Sherborne, barrister for the claimants, suggested Griffiths had "invented" the story about Princess Catherine's pregnancy, and it was an example of her "making up" connections with the Royal Family.

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Sherborne also suggested Griffiths used private investigators who engaged in unlawful acts to write articles in the claim related to Sir Elton and Hurley, which she again denied.

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Barrister David Sherborne, representing Frost, said the actress only told the father of her unborn child and "maybe also one of her very close friends" about the ectopic pregnancy and subsequent termination, which happened in 2003.

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Sherborne put it to Nicholl, who was then the Mail on Sunday's showbiz editor, that her discovery of details about the pregnancy "must be from unlawful information gathering", which Nicholl denied.

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Sherborne suggested the journalist used private investigators to find out the information, to which Nicholl replied: "I never used them to blag medical information."

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