The settlement comes two months after a High Court judge ruled that Harry was the victim of phone hacking and other illegal media practices by Mirror Group newspapers – the publisher of the Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People. The case went to trial, with Harry testifying in the witness box, which is highly unusual for someone so high-ranking in the royal family. Harry, the Duke of Sussex, has spoken of his struggle to trust anyone after journalists hacked his phone. In December, he was awarded $179,600 in compensation.
But this ruling only considered 33 of the 148 newspaper articles submitted, from 1996 to 2010.
The other 115 articles were not considered part of that trial, and Harry vowed to keep fighting. His legal team said on Friday that the Mirror Group had “finally waived” the rest of his claim.
Harry said in a statement read by his lawyer, David Sherborne, outside the High Court in London: “Everything we said was happening on the Mirror set was actually happening, and much worse, as the court ruled in its most damning judgement.”
Morgan, who edited the Daily Mirror between 1995 and 2004, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. He responded to Harry's comments, saying in a post on the website . He. She.”
Harry was not in London, as he traveled across the Atlantic to Britain earlier this week to see his father, King Charles III, after the king's sudden cancer diagnosis. He met with Charles for less than an hour, and reportedly did not meet his estranged brother, Prince William. The British press had a field day, painting a picture of a divided family.
Sherburne said Harry received “significant” damages, including an interim payment of $505,000 that will be made in the next two weeks.
A spokesman for Mirror Group Newspapers said: “We are pleased to have reached this agreement, which gives our business greater clarity moving forward following events that occurred many years ago for which we have apologised.”
