January 22 Prince Harry reached a settlement with Rupert Murdoch‘s News Group Newspapers before their trial began.
The settlement included an eight-figure payment and a public apology acknowledging wrongdoing from 1996 to 2011.
In its apology, NGN admitted to “phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigators.”
The apology also acknowledges further privacy violations against 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), owner of British tabloid The Sun. In a statement published Wednesday (January 22) by Us Weekly, NGN said it agreed to pay Harry, 40, “significant damages” after he accused the company of illegally collecting information about him and his family. […]
“NGN further apologizes to the Duke for the impact on him of the extensive media coverage and the serious intrusion into his private life as well as the private life of Diana, Princess of Wales, his late mother, particularly during of his younger years,” the apology reads, in part.
“We acknowledge and apologize for the distress caused to the Duke and the damage inflicted on relationships, friendships and family, and have agreed to pay him substantial damages.”
Now Princess Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, has shared a statement from his own account on Instagram after payment.
“It takes enormous courage to take on big media organizations like this, and incredible tenacity to win against them,” Charles wrote alongside a screenshot of a BBC headline highlighting the “substantial damages” Harry will receive.
A new development. Prince Harry has alleged in new legal documents that his brother, Prince William, secretly struck a deal with News Group Newspapers over historic phone hacking allegations. The documents are part of a lawsuit filed by the Duke of Sussex, 38, against NGN for allegedly collecting illegal information, including phone hacking. In the newspapers, Harry’s […]
“It’s wonderful that Harry has also secured an apology for his mother,” Charles continued, “she would be immensely touched by this, I’m sure, and also, rightly, proud.”
“Well done indeed,” he concluded.
