Prince William 'settled' phone-hacking claim

It has been revealed that Britain's Prince William

settled

a

phone

hacking

claim

against Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper Empire three years ago for what was called a very large sum after a secret settlement reached with Bucky and Palace, according to lawyers of William's brother Prince Harry at court. documents Harry is suing Murdoch's news group, newspapers or ngn, at the High Court in London. The case concerns multiple illegal acts allegedly committed on behalf of his tabloids The Sun and now defunct News of the World from the mid-1990s to 2016. He has paid millions of pounds to resolve more than a thousand

phone

hacking

cases over three days of preliminary hearings this week. ngn is trying to dismiss the allegations from the Prince and British actor Hugh Grant, arguing they should have taken action sooner.

The Sun was involved in some illegal activity. ngn's lawyer also denies that there was any secret agreement between the publisher and the Royal Family. He appeared in court. Harry's legal team said the reason he had not brought action sooner was because the settlement had been agreed. between ngn and Bucky and Palace to postpone any

claim

s until the conclusion of other pending phone hacking litigation, said Prince William had

settled

his claim against ngn behind the scenes in 2020. William's office said it could not comment on the proceedings ongoing legal proceedings during In a criminal trial brought against world news journalists and others in 2014, his former Royal editor, Clive Goodman, said in the mid-2000s that he had hacked the voicemails of Harry William and the William's wife, Kate.