The Duke of Sussex will continue his phone hacking legal battle against News Group Newspapers (NGN), part of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, unless a last-minute deal brings an end to the case. Almost all of the 40 other individuals of unlawful activity by the publisher have agreed to drop their claims; Prince Harry intends to press on with a trial on Tuesday.
In an update, The Guardian reports that News Group Newspapers has publicly apologised to Prince Harry and agreed to pay him substantial damages in the region of eight figures, acknowledging for the first time that unlawful activities occurred at The Sun. In a High Court hearing, David Sherborne, representing Harry, stated that NGN offered a "full and unequivocal apology" for intruding on the prince's private life from 2006 to 2011. This admission is a significant blow to the Murdoch empire following the closure of the News of the World due to a phone-hacking scandal.
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