The publisher of The Sun newspaper has agreed to pay “substantial damages” and apologized to the Duke of Sussex in a bid to settle a years-long legal battle over allegations of trespassing into his life.
In a statement read out in court, NGN apologized for “serious intrusions” by The Sun between 1996 and 2011 and admitted “incidents of misconduct” were carried out by private investigators working for the newspaper. . He also apologized for the distress caused to Prince Harry by the “extensive reporting” and “serious intrusion” into the private life of his late mother, Princess Diana.
Meanwhile, Lord Watson has claimed that his mobile phone was targeted while he was an MP investigating Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper at the height of the phone hacking scandal some 15 years ago.
NGN also apologized for the intrusions into Lord Watson’s private life by people working at the News of the World, including being “placed under surveillance” by journalists and those directed by them.
