Key takeaways:
- Prince William reportedly received a “very large sum of money” in a 2020 settlement with Rupert Murdoch’s media empire for phone hacking.
- Prince Harry’s lawsuit against the publisher of The Sun and News Of The World is being argued in court.
- The amount of money received by Prince William has not been disclosed, and the details of the settlement remain confidential.
Prince William, the heir to the British throne, has reportedly received a “very large sum of money” in a 2020 settlement with the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire for phone hacking. This was revealed in court documents aired Tuesday in one of his brother Prince Harry’s lawsuits.
The lawsuit, brought against News Group Newspapers, which Murdoch owns, alleges the newspapers unlawfully gathered information in a scandal dating back two decades. News Group Newspapers argued that a High Court judge should throw out the phone hacking lawsuits by the prince and actor Hugh Grant because the claims were brought too late.
In response, Prince Harry’s lawyer made the revelation in a summary of arguments about why Harry’s lawsuit against the publisher of The Sun and now-defunct News Of The World should not be thrown out.
The settlement between Prince William and News Group Newspapers is the latest development in the phone hacking scandal that has been ongoing for two decades. The amount of money received by Prince William has not been disclosed, and the details of the settlement remain confidential.
The High Court judge is expected to make a ruling on the case in the coming weeks. It is unclear what the outcome of the case will be, but it is likely to have a significant impact on the ongoing phone hacking scandal.
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