News of the World royal phone hacking scandal announced that Andy Coulson had resigned as editor of the "News of the World". On 13 November 2005, an article appeared in the "News of the World" written by royal editor Clive Goodman, that claimed that Prince William was in the process of borrowing a portable editing suite from ITV royal correspondent Tom Bradby. Following the publication, the Prince and Bradby met to try to figure out how the details of their arrangement had been leaked, as only two other people were aware of it. Prince William noted that another equally improbable leak had recently taken place regarding an appointment
News media phone hacking scandal to tell him. Hayman's investigation also stayed narrowly focused on the activities of Goodman and Mulcaire. No "News of the World" executives or reporters other than Goodman were questioned about phone hacking until Operation Weeting was initiated more than four years later. Hayman enjoyed a comfortable relationship with the newspaper, having "attended four dinners, lunches and receptions with "News of the World" editors, including a dinner on April 25, 2006, while his officers were gathering evidence in the [Royal household phone hacking] case ... Mr. Hayman left the Metropolitan Police in December 2007 and was soon [afterward] hired to write