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Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers Apologizes To Prince Harry In Court As Settlement Reached In Privacy Case


Prince Harry has settled with Rupert Murdoch's NGN and received an apology over The Sun and News of the World claims.

The court was told back in November that 39 cases had been settled since a hearing last July, with only Prince Harry and former Labour deputy Tom Watson left. The case, which had been rumbling for years, had seen the California-based Duke of Sussex sue The Sun and now-defunct News of the World owner for alleged unlawful information gathering by journalists and their contractors. The High Court ruled almost a year ago that Harry’s lawsuit would not include media tycoon Murdoch or ex- News of the World editor Piers Morgan, who were dubbed “trophy targets” by the judge.

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