Phone hacking case
Prince Harry reaches agreement with publisher
Prince Harry has reached an agreement with a British publisher.
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Prince Harry settled his lawsuit against a British publisher on Friday. He is expected to receive a “significant” sum in damages.
Prince Harry (39) has reached an agreement with the British publisher Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) in the phone hacking trial and settled remaining parts of his lawsuit. This is reported by the BBC, among others. Prince Harry’s lawyer announced that the 39-year-old will receive “significant” compensation and a contribution to the legal costs from the publisher of the British tabloid “The Daily Mirror”. According to the BBC, the total is around 300,000 pounds (around 351,000 euros), other British media report 400,000 pounds (around 469,000 euros).
First verdict in December
Prince Harry had already won a partial victory against the British media group MGN in December 2023. The responsible court had decided that Harry had been spied on illegally and awarded him damages amounting to the equivalent of just over 160,000 euros. However, the proceedings had only dealt with 33 of 148 articles raised by Harry’s legal team. In the first verdict, 15 of the 33 articles examined were named as having been created through illegal hacking. The Royal therefore wanted all remaining items to be examined in the second process.
After the agreement was announced, Prince Harry’s lawyer David Sherborne read a statement on his behalf at the High Court in which the 39-year-old stressed that MGN had behaved in a “shockingly dishonest manner for so many years.” He also criticized Piers Morgan (58), then editor of the “Daily Mirror”, who “knew very well what was going on”. Prince Harry added in his statement regarding the fight against the British press: “As I said in December, our mission continues. I believe in the positive change it will bring for all of us. That is the real reason , why I started the project and why I will see it through to the end.” MGN, now owned by publisher Reach PLC, expressed its delight at the agreement with Prince Harry and now wants to “put the events of many years behind us” according to the BBC.