( CNN ) -- The British tabloid News of the World hacked Kate Middleton 's phone while she was dating Prince William , a prosecutor told a London court Thursday in a trial of the defunct newspaper 's executives , according to the British Press Association . In one voicemail message that William left Kate -- the transcript of which was read in court by the prosecutor -- the prince calls his future wife `` Babykins '' and says he was almost shot by blank rounds during a military training exercise , the PA reported . The date of the message was n't immediately clear , though the couple were n't yet married at the time , the PA reported . Middleton became the Duchess of Cambridge when she married William in April 2011 . The transcript , dug up during a police investigation into the newspaper 's alleged hacking practices , was one of several messages between the couple that were read at London 's Old Bailey court , the PA reported . The revelation came at the trial of former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson and the paper 's former managing editor , Stuart Kuttner . All are accused of conspiring between October 2000 and August 2006 `` to intercept communications in the course of their transmission , without lawful authority . '' They deny the charges . Glenn Mulcaire , a former private investigator for News International -- the then parent company of News of the World -- was convicted of phone hacking in 2006 and has already pleaded guilty to hacking charges in the current case . UK phone-hacking trial : Kate Middleton 's name on 'target evaluation ' list . Greg Miskiw , Neville Thurlbeck and James Weatherup have also pleaded guilty in the case . Jurors were told that Ian Edmondson , who is also charged with conspiring to hack phones between October 2000 and August 2006 , is `` currently unfit '' and will take no further part in the trial , the PA reported . He will be tried at a later date , the judge said . Brooks , her husband , Charlie Brooks , and her former personal assistant Cheryl Carter also face a separate set of charges of conspiring to obstruct the police investigation into phone hacking . UK phone hacking scandal : Fast facts . Brooks is also accused of conspiring with others to commit misconduct in public office . Coulson faces a similar charge , the PA reported . Among the allegations made in the trial previously : A police investigator testified that several hundred attempts were made to hack the cellphones of aides to princes Charles , William and Harry . Hacking allegations against the News of the World prompted British Prime Minister David Cameron to set up an independent inquiry , led by Lord Justice Leveson , to make recommendations on journalistic ethics and examine the relationship of the media with the public , police and politicians . 'Hundreds of attempts ' made to hack UK princes ' aides phones .
Prosecutor reads transcripts of messages between Kate Middleton , Prince William . Evidence is revealed in phone-hacking trial of former News of the the British Press Association editors . Hundreds attempts made to hack phones of London princes ' aides , court told earlier .