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."

Prince Harry settled his High Court case with News Group Newspapers in court yesterday and received a "unequivocal apology" for a "serious intrusion" of both him and his late mother's privacy.

Prince Harry Wednesday dramatically settled a hotly disputed lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's UK tabloid publisher, which apologised for hacking the British royal's phone and agreed to pay him "substantial damages".

Prince Harry, who spent five years pursuing Murdoch's papers, declared it a "vindication for the hundreds of other claimants who were strong-armed into settling, without being able to get to the truth of what was done to them".

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.

Having previously said he wanted to see his case go to trial, the royal reached a settlement before an argument was even made in London’s High Court.

LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry claimed a "monumental" victory over Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper group on Wednesday after the publisher settled his lawsuit, admitting unlawful actions at its Sun tabloid for the first time and paying substantial damages.

News Group Newspapers acknowledged its private investigators and journalists targeted Harry with phone hacking, surveillance, and misuse of private information.

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Harry pulled the plug on a high stakes lawsuit against a Rupert Murdoch-owned British tabloid after receiving an apology.

Prince Harry’s lawsuit against News Group Newspapers (NGN), responsible for tabloids such as The Sun, has reached a settlement six years after he first sued the organization over alleged wrongdoing.