The Duke of Sussex, joined by high-profile figures such as Hugh Grant and Elton John, is suing the publisher of the Daily Mail on allegations of illegal information gathering
Hugh Grant called for a criminal investigation into the Rupert Murdoch-owned News Group Newspapers following Prince Harry's settlement against the publisher earlier this week. Grant also won a privacy claim against NGN last year.
The BBC later reported that the settlements for Harry and his co-complainant, former Labour deputy leader Lord Tom Watson, cost NGN more than 10 million British pounds (or about $12 million), adding to the Rupert Murdoch –owned company’s more than 1 billion British pounds in payouts to settle claims over the long-running phone hacking scandal.
The mission of Prince Harry to tame the British media has produced results in court. But the jury is out on whether it will have a broader impact or be just another chapter — or headline — in the long history of tabloids behaving badly.
Prince Harry has called for police to launch a fresh investigation into Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group after securing a “monumental victory” by settling his case over allegations of unlawful information gathering.
Prince Harry won a major apology from Rupert Murdoch 's U.K. newspaper division, including for his mother—but the company stopped short of an apology for Meghan Markle.
Prince Harry’s trial against the publisher of The Sun has ended dramatically with an apology from the newspaper’s publisher for “serious intrusion” and unlawful activities over a 15-year period.
Prince Harry claimed a monumental victory Wednesday as Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life over decades and agreed to pay substantial damages to settle his privacy invasion lawsuit.
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.
Prince Harry has settled his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's British News Group Newspapers for an apology and "substantial damages."
While Meghan Markle was still a working royal, King Charles, who was Prince of Wales at the time, had a bizarre nickname for the Duchess