Prince Harry will no longer travel to the UK next month after a "monumental victory" in his legal case against News Group Newspapers on Wednesday. The Duke of Sussex was offered a "full and unequivocal apology" for "serious intrusion" by The Sun and for phone hacking by private investigators working for the News of the World.
Here is an explanation of all of Harry’s past and present legal battles: In 2023, the High Court ruled in Harry’s favour in his case against the publishers of The Daily Mirror.
Prince Harry secured what he called a "monumental victory" over the publisher of The Sun, News Group Newspapers (NGN), after a settlement was reached to prevent the case from going to trial. The Duke of Sussex and Lord Tom Watson pushed NGN further than anyone had done before and were prepared to take on the media group in an eight-week trial.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, moved to California after stepping back as senior royals in 2020. They call the wealthy, coastal city of Montecito home.
The same week that Prince Harry’s landmark case against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers went to trial in the U.K., the Duke of Sussex met up with firefighters and therapy dogs in Salinas, California amid the devastating Southern California wildfires.
The Duke of Sussex is poised to accuse The Sun of destroying millions of emails as a landmark phone-hacking case was delayed twice on Tuesday. Prince Harry, 40, will claim the newspaper deliberately deleted over 30 million emails to cover up alleged phone tapping carried out on himself and other public figures between 1996 and 2011.
Prince Harry and his legal team have struck a last-minute settlement deal with a newspaper group for invasion of privacy — the same week the case was set to go trial.
In a statement read outside court on behalf of the Duke of Sussex and Lord Watson, Harry’s lawyer David Sherborne said: “In a monumental victory today, News UK have admitted that The Sun, the flagship title for Rupert Murdoch’s UK media empire, has indeed engaged in illegal practices.
The high-stakes trial pitting the Duke of Sussex against Rupert Murdoch's newspapers could cost him millions—even if he wins.
Prince Harry will not travel to London for the first day of his trial against Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid The Sun, refuting claims that he was set to receive "limited police protection" during his stay.