(toskanews) – Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, has won the challenge with Rupert Murdochowner of the tabloid The Sunnegotiating a “substantial” extrajudicial compensation and above all by obtaining his apology, with the admission of illicit behavior. It is a «monumental victory» said David Sherborne, the lawyer of the prince and Lord Tom Watson, who was also involved in the case, as he left the High Court in London.
«I read a statement on behalf of the Duke of Sussex. In a monumental victory, News UK admitted that The Sunthe flagship publication of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, has indeed engaged in illicit behavior. A vindication for hundreds of other plaintiffs who were forced to accept compensation without being able to obtain the truth about what had happened.”
In short, not a question of money – even if we are talking about an eight-digit number – but the satisfaction of making Murdoch say he was wrong: Another 1,300 people involved in the case had gradually quietly accepted settlements. News Group explained the lawyer presented Harry Windsor with a “full and unmitigated” apology for the phone hacking, surveillance, illicit use of private information by journalists and investigators acting on behalf of the group.”
King Charles’ second son has launched a real one crusade against the popular press of the United Kingdom, exposing current and past methods used to obtain personal information, including the hacking of his mobile phone. The lawsuit was also filed to protect his wife Megan Markle, because the interest of The Sun was focused precisely on the disagreements that pitted the couple against the rest of the royal family, and which then led to the Sussexes’ sensational abandonment of life in England. But ideally also to protect the image of his mother Diana Spencer.
In fact, the group’s apologies also concern the “impact” of the popular press on the life of the late Diana. The prince in his autobiography Spare accuses the rest of the royal house of tolerating press attacks on some in exchange for benevolent treatment of others, and holds journalists jointly responsible for the premature death of Princess Diana in the Alma tunnel in Paris in August 1997.
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