Prince Harry has taken everyone by surprise as he has finally settled a lawsuit against a UK publisher over claims of illegal interference in his life.
The Duke of Sussex had previously refused to settle and said “one of the main reasons for seeing this through is accountability, because I’m the last person who can actually get it.”
The Duke of Sussex accused journalists and private investigators working for newsgroup Newspapers (NGN) of using illegal techniques to cover up his private life – and then executives allegedly Covered it up.
Barrister David Sherborne, representing the Duke, announced the settlement to the judge on Tuesday to delay the High Court trial.
There were speculations that the two sides were involved in possible settlement talks to end the case before the trial.
Prince Harry’s lawyers previously claimed in court documents that the Duke’s older brother, Prince William, also settled his lawsuit against the group in 2020 for a “huge sum of money”.
NGN has reportedly apologized for illegal practices at the now-defunct News of the World, but denied similar claims against The Sun – and denied Prince Harry’s wider allegation of a corporate-wide cover-up. is
According to reports, NGN has paid hundreds of millions of pounds to victims of phone hacking and other illegal information gathering by News of the World, and more than 1,300 including celebrities, politicians, sports figures and ordinary people. What is the settlement of cases? which were connected with them or with major events.
When he launched his claim, Meghan Markle’s husband alleged that more than 200 articles published by NGN between 1996 and 2011 contained information gathered through illegal means.
He has repeatedly said he wants the case to be prosecuted so that he can “accountability” for other alleged victims of the illegal news gathering of private information by NGN journalists.
King Charles III’s eldest son Harry also settled a case against her last year. Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) alleged that the publishers collected information about him through illegal means from 1996 to 2010. MGN was to pay all of Duke’s legal costs and damages of more than £300,000.
