Prince Harry’s lawyer announced on Wednesday that he had reached a settlement with Rupert Murdoch’s news group over allegations of illegal information gathering with newspapers – an abrupt, hostile end to a case Harry had seen as his last chance. Tabloids were put in order by year. predatory behavior.
Newsgroup newspapers offered Harry a “full and unequivocal” apology for hacking his cell phone and intruding into his private life, and “unreservedly” by private investigators hired by The Sun, a tabloid. acknowledged legal” conduct.
The company also apologized for past intrusions by its journalists into the private life of Harry’s mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 while being pursued by photographers. was
“We acknowledge and apologize for the distress caused to the Duke, and for the damage to relationships, friendships and family, and have agreed to pay him substantial damages,” read the apology, from Harry’s Said using the alternate title, Duke of Sussex. .
The settlement, which was announced a day after the long-awaited trial began, spared the newsgroup’s newspapers weeks of damaging testimony about phone hacking and other illegal practices it carried out a Used to get information about Harry and other important figures more than a decade ago. . It also spared King Charles III’s younger son Harry, 40, a huge financial risk, regardless of how he performed at court. Under English law, Harry would have been required to pay the legal costs of both parties if the court had not awarded him an amount in line with what Newsgroup Newspapers had offered in a settlement.
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