Prince Harry will receive a significant payoff after reaching an agreement on the remaining aspects of his phone-hacking lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), according to claims made by his lawyer during a hearing at the High Court in London on Friday.
David Sherborne, representing the Duke of Sussex, informed the court that MGN, the publisher of the British tabloid The Daily Mirror, will pay Prince Harry a large additional sum in damages and cover his legal fees. The settlement follows the judge’s prior ruling in December that Prince Harry was a victim of MGN’s phone hacking and other forms of illicit information collecting.
The court had granted Prince Harry £140,600 ($177,000) in damages in the verdict, confirming his claims against the publication. Initially, Prince Harry had submitted 33 articles for consideration, of which the judge found 15 stories published by MGN to have utilized unlawful means such as phone hacking and the use of private investigators for information gathering.
Furthermore, Prince Harry’s claim included an extra 115 articles that could have been tried again. However, during the hearing, the Duke of Sussex’s lawyer stated that Prince Harry and Mirror Group Newspapers had struck an agreement.
This settlement is a significant step forward in Prince Harry’s legal struggle against media intrusion, highlighting his continuous efforts to protect his privacy and hold media outlets accountable for unethical behavior.