Murdoch’s UK newspaper business apologises to Prince Harry for unlawful activities

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Rupert Murdoch’s UK tabloid newspaper business has apologized and agreed to pay “adequate compensation” to Prince Harry as it admitted for the first time that illegal activity took place at The Sun.

In a landmark settlement with the Duke of Sussex, his barrister David Sherborne told London’s High Court on Wednesday that the newsgroup offered a “full and unequivocal apology” for the “serious intrusion” into the prince’s private life by The Sun between 1996 and 1996. 2011.

A sore filled Murdoch Empire, which has spent a decade denying any wrongdoing at The Sun even as it paid more than £1 billion in costs and settlements to cover almost all phone-hacking claims against the major UK news group.

But it would mean NGN would avoid a court ruling on widespread allegations of phone hacking and other illegal activities – as well as claims of involvement by top officials.

In a statement, NGN said it was sorry for “the distress caused to the Duke and for the loss of relationships, friendships and family” and apologized to the prince for his treatment of his late mother Diana, Princess of Wales.

The agency added that it had agreed to pay “substantial damages” related to “illegal activities conducted by private investigators working for The Sun.” No value specified.

Yuvraj was the only remaining claimant in the High Court case against NGN, along with former Labor deputy leader Lord Tom Watson, to whom the company apologized on Wednesday.

The agency issued a “full and unequivocal” apology to Watson for the “unwarranted intrusion” into her private life by the defunct News of the World between 2009 and 2011 while in government.

It admitted that he was put under surveillance by Sunday tabloid journalists in 2009 and agreed to pay him “adequate compensation”.