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Royals and politicians are among celebrities and wealthy business figures who used the SAME secret phone network as hundreds of crime kingpins as UK police smash encoded EncroChat app

-Well-known names said to be among 60,000 users of the secret system

-EncroChat devices are not illegal and having one is not a criminal offence

-Lawyer says the network was ideal for rich and innocent who wanted privacy

-Investigators hacked the system to find crooks and discover their illegal plots

-Users not involved in any crimes are worried if their messages have been seen

By DAN SALES FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 07:32 EDT, 3 July 2020 | UPDATED: 09:43 EDT, 3 July 2020