Princess Diana’s brother praises Prince Harry after his win
January 22 of this year Prince Harry reached settlements with Rupert Murdoch‘s News Group Newspapers before the trial.
The settlement included an eight-figure payout and a public apology with an admission of wrongdoing from 1996 to 2011.
In the apology, NGN admitted to “phone hacking, surveillance and abuse of private information by journalists and private investigators.”
The apology also acknowledges further breaches of the privacy of Prince Harry and his late mother, Princess Diana.
Princess Diana died in August 1997 in a car accident while being followed by photographers.
Prince Harry has settled a lawsuit against News Group Newspapers (NGN), which owns the British tabloid The Sun. In a statement released to Us Weekly on Wednesday, January 22, NGN said it agreed to pay Harry, 40, “substantial compensation” after he accused the company of illegally collecting information for stories about him and his family. (…)
“NGN also apologizes to the Duke for the impact on him of extensive coverage and serious intrusions into his private life and that of Diana, Princess of Wales, his late mother, particularly during his younger years,” the apology said. reads, partially.
“We recognize and apologize for the distress caused to the Duke and the damage to relationships, friendships and family, and have agreed to pay him substantial compensation.”
Now, Princess Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, has shared a statement of his own on Instagram after the settlement.
“It takes enormous courage to take on such large media organizations and incredible tenacity to defeat them,” Charles wrote, alongside a screenshot of the BBC’s headline, which noted that Harry would be paid “significant damages”.
New development. Prince Harry has claimed in new legal documents that his brother, Prince William, secretly reached a settlement with the News Group Newspaper over historic phone hacking claims. The documents are part of the 38-year-old Duke of Sussex’s lawsuit against NGN for allegedly illegally collecting information, including phone hacking. In Harry’s newspapers (…)
“It’s great that Harry got his mother’s forgiveness too,” Charles continued, “I’m sure she would be very touched by that, and rightly proud.”
“Really well done,” he concluded the statement.
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