‘A huge sum’: Harry says William settled hacking case with Murdoch’s UK paper group

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Britain’s Prince William settled a phone-hacking claim against Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper arm for a “huge sum” after a secret deal struck with Buckingham Palace.

, in which he accused tabloids of widespread unlawful activity and said his family had colluded with them to enhance or protect their own reputations.His lawyers said under the secret deal, the royals had agreed to hold off from pursuing their claims against NGN until the conclusion of other outstanding phone-hacking litigation.

After his engagement to Meghan in late 2017, Harry said he wanted the phone-hacking issue resolved. The queen gave her backing for him to pursue his case and seek an apology from Murdoch himself, he said.

Anything that might “upset the apple cart”, including phone hacking claims, was to be avoided at all costs.

 

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