Prince Harry settles suit against newspapers after apology for privacy ‘intrusion’

Prince Harry settles suit against newspapers after apology for privacy ‘intrusion’


Prince Harry agreed to a settlement with Rupert Murdoch‘s News Group Newspapers on Wednesday after the group apologized for the privacy intrusions committed by the Sun and News of the World.

This comes as the media face a reckoning for their coverage nationwide. In this case, Harry, 40, alleged the papers had acted illegally to obtain information about him and his family between 1996 and 2011 in a lawsuit that began more than five years ago. NGN admitted that its papers had made a “serious intrusion” by hiring private investigators who were behind the “unlawful activities” that prompted news coverage.

“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

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