Prince Harry has settled his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's British News Group Newspapers for an apology and "substantial damages." Prince Harry has settled his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's British News Group Newspapers for an apology and "substantial damages." Prince Harry has settled his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's British News Group Newspapers for an apology and "substantial damages."

Duke of Sussex’s uncle says it is “wonderful” his nephew ‘fought for – and gained – an apology to his mother’ in court case

Prince Harry secured a major legal victory against Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers, with an eight-figure settlement for unlawful information gathering. NGN issued a full apology for privacy invasions by The Sun from 1996 to 2011,

News Group Newspapers offered an “unequivocal apology” to the prince for serious intrusion into his private life, as well as that of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.

In a last minute deal made the day after the lawsuit was due to start, Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers agreed to pay “substantial damages” to Prince Harry and issued an apology, read by his lawyer David Sherborne, of the “serious intrusion by The Sun into his private life … including the unlawful gathering” of information on him.

The earl praised the Duke of Sussex after he settled his case against the publisher of The Sun at the High Court.

"It takes an enormous amount of guts to take on major media organisations like this, and incredible tenacity to win against them," said Spencer

News Group acknowledged "phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigators" aimed at Harry. NGN had strongly denied those allegations before trial.

While few people have received an apology from a Murdoch-owned publication, Prince Harry now has. But if you think this is the end of the long legal saga, you may well be wrong.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers gave Harry an “unequivocal apology,” admitting for the first time to unlawful activities at The Sun and agreeing to pay what it called substantial damages.

The publisher of the Sun newspaper has agreed to pay "substantial damages" and apologised to the Duke of Sussex to settle a long-running legal battle over claims of unlawful intrusion into his life.