Prince Harry will receive a "substantial" payout after settling the remaining parts of his phone-hacking case against the publisher Mirror Group Newspapers.
Prince Harry will receive a "substantial" payout after settling the remaining parts of his phone-hacking case against the publisher Mirror Group Newspapers, his lawyer told the High Court in London on Friday, according to the UK's PA Media.,
The judge had previously ruled that Prince Harry was the victim of phone hacking and other means of "unlawful information gathering" by MGN back in December.Prince Harry initially submitted 33 articles for consideration, with the judge finding 15 stories published by MGN used unlawful information gathering such as phone hacking and the use of private investigators.
A further 115 articles were part of his claim, which may have been the subject of a further trial, but Prince Harry's lawyer told the High Court on Friday that a settlement had been reached between the Duke of Sussex and Mirror Group Newspapers, according to the PA report.and, alongside three other claimants, alleging that its journalists illegally intercepted his voicemails and used other illicit means over a roughly 15-year period.
On Friday, Prince Harry took aim at Piers Morgan, the former editor of the Mirror who, Harry said, "knew perfectly well what was going on, as the judge held."