Prince Harry secures a substantial settlement from News Group Newspapers (NGN), Rupert Murdoch's media empire, concluding a long-running legal battle over phone-hacking and privacy violations. The settlement includes a public apology and a financial payment, marking the first admission of wrongdoing by NGN. While the apology stops short of explicitly admitting illegal activity by journalists, it acknowledges the 'serious intrusion' into Harry's private life during his childhood and early adulthood, a period marked by intense media scrutiny.
January 22, 2025 5:13 pm, gives him a fulsome apology and a bag of cash rumoured to be in the many, many millions. It also brings the first admission of any wrongdoing byBut for Rupert Murdoch , it gives his media empire the opportunity to finally put this saga behind it and move forward. It protected chief executive Rebekah Brooks from having to give evidence and avoided any courtroom inquisition into whether there was a conspiracy at the top of the organisation.
When NGN apologises for “distress” caused to the Duke, “damage inflicted” on “relationships, friendships and family”, flashing through his mind will be the bust-ups or embarrassments with Chelsy Davy, Cressida Bonas, Caroline Flack and so many others. Undeniably it is also an apology being sent beyond the grave to Princess Diana. In achieving that Harry will feel he has fought, and won, justice for his mother in a way that neither his brother or father were able to do. Much of the fallout between Princes Harry and William, and his estrangement from the King, was down to his fury at quiet deals done with the press over past behaviours. His desire for rinsing these in daylight was as much to avenge his mother as himself.
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