Prince Harry wins legal battle against Murdoch papers, the Sun admits wrongdoing [View all]
Source: USA Today
LONDON - Prince Harry settled his privacy claim against Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper group on Wednesday after the publisher admitted unlawful actions at its Sun tabloid for the first time, bringing the fiercely contested legal battle to a dramatic end.
In a stunning victory for Harry, 40, the younger son of King Charles III, News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun and the now-defunct News of the World, also admitted it had intruded into the private life of his late mother, Princess Diana.
Harry's lawyer, David Sherborne, said the publisher had agreed to pay the prince substantial damages. A source familiar with the settlement said it involved an eight-figure sum.
Harry had been suing NGN at the High Court in London, accusing its newspapers of unlawfully obtaining private information about him from 1996 until 2011.
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Prince Harry settles legal claim against Sun publishe
NGN offered "a full and unequivocal apology" to Prince Harry "for the phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigators instructed by them" at the News of the World.
It will also pay "substantial damages" as the two sides settled their legal claim, Harry's barrister, David Sherborne, has told the high court.[/excerpt
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/22/prince-harry-settles-legal-claim-against-sun-publisher-ngn
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