Britain's Prince William settled a phone-hacking claim against Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper arm for a “huge sum” after a secret deal struck with Buckingham Palace, the heir's younger brother Prince Harry said in court documents.
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NGN, which has paid out millions of pounds to settle more than 1,000 phone-hacking cases, is trying this week to strike out Harry's claim, and that of British actor Hugh Grant, arguing they should have taken action sooner. “This goes to prove the existence of this secret agreement between the institution and senior executives at NGN.”
In his submission, NGN’s lawyer Anthony Hudson denied there was any “secret agreement” between the publisher and the royal family. He argued that, even if there was a deal, it did not affect their case that the lawsuit was brought too late. After his engagement to Meghan in late 2017, Harry said he wanted the phone-hacking issue resolved. The queen gave her backing for him to pursue his case and seek an apology from Murdoch himself, he said.
“They had a specific long-term strategy to keep the media onside to smooth the way for my stepmother to be accepted by the British public as Queen Consort when the time came,” Harry wrote.
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