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Mrs Blair is a barrister and campaigner for prison reform
Cherie Blair has started legal proceedings over phone hacking, her solicitor has confirmed.
The wife of former prime minister Tony Blair, herself a prominent barrister, reportedly filed a lawsuit on Tuesday.
Mrs Blair's solicitor Graham Atkins confirmed a claim had been made "in relation to the unlawful interception of her voicemails".
Various public figures have settled legal claims over hacking with the News of the World's publisher News Group.
Mrs Blair left Downing Street when Mr Blair resigned as prime minister in 2007.
She still works as a barrister, is a campaigner for prison reform and makes high profile appearances - most recently at the first meeting of the International Council on Women's Business Leadership in Washington in January, alongside US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
In November, Mr Blair's former press secretary Alastair Campbell told the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics that, at the time, he had suspected Mrs Blair's friend Carole Caplin of tipping off newspapers about her. Since the phone hacking allegations had emerged, he had changed his mind.
"I did at times directly accuse Carole Caplin of tipping off newspapers about what she was up to. I've since apologised to her for that because I now realise I was completely wrong."
In the same month Ms Caplin said she had been told by police that her mobile phone messages were hacked by a private investigator working for the News of the World in 2002.
Both the Metropolitan Police and News International, which published the News of the World, declined to comment on Ms Caplin's statement.
23 Feb, 2012
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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-17133210
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