Prince Harry Wins Significant Settlement in Lawsuit Against Newspaper Publisher for Illegal Phone Hacking

EPAThe judge previously ruled that the prince should receive compensation

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British Prince Harry has reached an out-of-court settlement with the publishing company behind well-known newspapers such as the Daily Mirror in Sunday Mirror. His lawyer reported this to the High Court in London.

Prince Harry had sued the publisher Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) for hacking his phone and other prohibited methods to obtain and publish private information about Harry.

Considerably more

In December, a British judge ruled that MGN published articles between 2003 and 2009 based on information that had been obtained illegally. In total, MGN had to pay damages of almost 165,000 euros. This concerned 33 of the total of 148 articles that Harry had complained about. The parties have now reached a settlement on the remaining claims.

The amount of that settlement is significantly higher than the amount already awarded. Harry’s lawyer said today that publisher MGN is prepared to pay significantly higher damages and also cover Harry’s legal costs. MGN will transfer 468,000 euros to the prince within two weeks. What MGN will ultimately have to pay has not yet been determined.

More claims

MGN, now has a new owner. The company says it is pleased that it has reached an agreement with Harry. “If mistakes have been made in the past, we apologize without hesitation, take full responsibility and pay compensation,” a spokesperson said.

The company is probably not out of trouble. The judge who ruled in Harry’s favor in December said about a hundred other celebrities have sued MGN for the same reasons. According to Harry’s lawyer, the total damages claims that the publisher will have to pay to all complainants could amount to 2.34 million euros.

Harry continues

Harry is on a crusade against tabloid publishers. “Our mission continues,” he said in a statement. Similar cases are pending against other publishers.

Harry says he has been a victim of journalists and private investigators working for tabloids from an early age. They were guilty, among other things, of hacking his phone and email and also those of people around him. Private matters ended up in those newspapers. This made him suspicious and is said to have caused him to have psychological problems.

2024-02-09 15:25:06


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