Prince Harry secures eight-figure settlement after legal battle – tabloid

Prince Harry has shockingly reached a settlement in its legal battle against Rupert Murdoch-owned The Sun.

The eight-figure settlement reportedly stemmed from his allegations that the company obtained private information about him through illegal methods for nearly two decades.

Prince Harry's lawyer, David Sherborne, has also called on authorities to investigate parent company News Group Newspapers.

According to People magazinePrince Harry has walked away with a huge sum of money after shockingly settling his brutal legal battle against the publisher of UK newspaper The Sun.

The former senior royal first filed a lawsuit against News Group Newspapers (NGN) in 2019, alleging that the company, through their news outlet and the now-defunct News of the World, engaged in illegal activities between 1996 and 2011 to obtain money for him private information. .

These activities include the use of journalists and private investigators paid by the company.

There has been a lot of back and forth since the court proceedings. However, just before the trial in London began to decide the case, a settlement was reached.

The exact amount remains unclear, though it is believed to be in the eight figures and possibly over $12 million. Other details of the settlement are not yet known.

Along with settling with the backup author to pay him “substantial damages,” NGN also offered an analogy with him.

They pleaded guilty to the charge, a reversal from their previous stance of denying any wrongdoing.

“NGN offers a full and unequivocal apology to the Duke of Sussex for The Sun's serious intrusion into his private life between 1996 and 2011, including the unlawful conduct of private investigators working for The Sun,” it said in a statement. company.

It went on to say: “NGN also offers a full and unequivocal apology to the Duke of Sussex for the phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigators they identified in the News of the World.”

The company also apologized for “the impact of the extensive information and serious intrusion into his private life”, including that of his mother Diana, the late Princess of Wales.

In a press release announcing the legal victory, Prince Harry's lawyer, David Sherborne, called on the police to investigate NGN after pleading guilty.

“Justice must go full force now. Prince Harry and Tom Watson join others in calling on the police and Parliament to investigate not only the wrongdoing now finally admitted, but also the perjury and cover-up along the way,” said Sherborne.

He continued: “It is now clear that this has been the case throughout this process, including through sworn evidence at inquests and hearings and testimony in Parliament, leading up to today's final collapse of NGN's defenses. Today the lies are exposed. Today the cover-ups are exposed. And today proves that no one is above the law. It's time for accountability.”

Sherborne also mentioned that victory in the case was only achieved through the “sheer tenacity” of Prince Harry and his co-plaintiff, former Labor MP Tom Watson, saying they were prepared to take NGN to trial.

Harry remains embroiled in a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers (ANL) and is one of a number of stars to accuse the tabloid of alleged privacy violations.

In his lawsuit, the Duke of Sussex accused the newspaper of using methods such as hiring private detectives, wiretapping and impersonating people to obtain medical information for its articles about him.

It was also stated that the alleged activities took place between 1993 and 2011, and some of them were even carried out in 2018.

Although a trial in the case could be held in 2026, his defamation case is no longer possible after he dropped the suit last year.

At the time, his team filed a notice of discontinuance hours before the filing deadline and did not reveal why they chose to withdraw the case.

Away from his battles with UK tabloids, Harry still has other issues to deal with, including his security after he and his wife were stripped of royal protection when they stepped down as working royals.