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January 22 prince harry reached a settlement with Rupert Murdoch‘s News Group Newspapers before the trial began.
The settlement included an eight-figure payout and a public apology admitting legal wrongdoing from 1996 to 2011.
In the apology, NGN admitted to “phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigators”.
The apology also acknowledged further breaches of the privacy of Prince Harry and his late mother, Princess Diana.
Princess Diana died in August 1997 in a car accident while being followed by photographers.
Prince Harry has settled his lawsuit against News Group Newspapers (NGN), which owns the British tabloid The Sun. In a statement released to Us Weekly on Wednesday, January 22, NGN said it agreed to pay Harry, 40, “significant damages” after he accused the company of illegally gathering information for stories about him and his family. (…)
“NGN further apologizes to the Duke for the impact on him of the extensive coverage and serious intrusion into his private life, as well as that of Diana, Princess of Wales, his late mother, particularly during his younger years,” the apology. reads, in part.
“We acknowledge and apologize for the suffering caused to the Duke and the damage caused to relationships, friendships and family, and have agreed to pay him substantial damages.”
Now, Princess Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, has shared a statement of his own on Instagram after settling.
“It takes a huge amount of courage to stand up to big media organizations like this and incredible tenacity to win against them,” Charles wrote alongside a screenshot of the BBC’s caption, which noted that Harry would pay “substantial damages”.
A new development. Prince Harry has claimed in new legal documents that his brother, Prince William, secretly reached a settlement with News Group Newspapers over historic hacking claims. The documents are part of a lawsuit filed by the Duke of Sussex, 38, against NGN for alleged illegal information gathering, including phone hacking. In Harry’s newspaper (…)
“It’s wonderful that Harry has also secured an apology from his mother,” continued Charles, “I’m sure she would be extremely touched, and suitably proud too.”
“Really good,” he concluded the statement.
