Prince Harry yesterday ended his four-year legal battle against the publishers of The Mirror over phone hacking by accepting a ‘substantial’ sum of money.
The High Court was told that Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) had also agreed to pay all of the Duke of Sussex’s costs.
Harry then vowed to continue his crusade against the press and, in particular, former Mirror editor Piers Morgan. He claimed Morgan “knew full well what was going on” when his newspaper hacked into Harry’s phone for stories. Mr Morgan has denied the claim.
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The Duke’s legal claim against MGN began in October 2019. Last December, Mr Justice Fancourt ruled that 15 of the 33 articles were from hacking. They were a ‘sample’ from a total of 148 articles that Harry had complained about.
Harry (left) vowed to continue his crusade against the press, and in particular former Mirror editor Piers Morgan (right)
However, the judge threw out the remaining 18 articles in the duke’s claims.
A second trial was proposed to consider the remaining 115 articles. But yesterday it was announced that an amicable settlement had been reached. Harry’s lawyer David Sherborne said: ‘MGN will pay a significant additional amount in damages and all costs of his claim.’
The amount is not specified but is in addition to the £140,600 already awarded.
A spokesperson for MGN said: ‘We are pleased to have reached this agreement, which gives our company greater clarity moving forward following events that occurred many years ago for which we have apologised.’