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A Twitter Thread By Hugh Grant Explains Why Prince Harry May Have Settled His Lawsuit Against The British Media

Here’s a full breakdown of Prince Harry’s lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers — including his decision to settle, and claims that his legal pursuit against the tabloids led to “aggressive and vengeful coverage” of him and his wife, Meghan.

X @HackedOffHugh / Via x.com “News Group are claiming they are entirely innocent of the things I had accused the Sun of doing - phone hacking, unlawful information gathering, landline tapping, the burglary of my flat and office, the bugging of my car, the illegal blagging of medical records, lies, perjury and the destruction of evidence,” he wrote at the time. But the rules around civil litigation mean that if I proceed to trial and the court awards me damages that are even a penny less than the settlement offer, I would have to pay the legal costs of both sides.” A spokesperson for NGN said in a statement at the time that it had admitted no liability in Hugh’s settlement, and that settling the case was "in both parties' financial interests not to progress to a costly trial."

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