Prince Harry secured what he called a "monumental victory" over the publisher of The Sun, News Group Newspapers (NGN), after a settlement was reached to prevent the case from going to trial. The Duke of Sussex and Lord Tom Watson pushed NGN further than anyone had done before and were prepared to take on the media group in an eight-week trial.

The start of the trial of the Duke of Sussex’s legal claim against the publisher of The Sun has been pushed back by an hour at the High Court. Harry, as well as former Labour deputy leader Lord Tom Watson,

News Group Newspapers (NGN) has reached a settlement with former West Bromwich MP Lord Tom Watson and the Duke of Sussex over unlawful information gathering claims.

THE owner of The Sun today settled a High Court case with Prince Harry and the Labour peer Lord Watson over historical allegations. The agreement brings to an end legal proceedings which dated

The Duke of Sussex settled his legal action against News Group Newspapers (NGN) on Wednesday. NGN offered a “full and unequivocal apology” for “serious intrusion” by The Sun and for phone hacking by private investigators working for the News of the World. It was one of three legal cases involving Harry ongoing in the English courts.

Harry, and former Labour deputy leader Lord Tom Watson, are suing News Group Newspapers over allegations of unlawful information-gathering.

In a statement read outside court on behalf of the Duke of Sussex and Lord Watson, Harry’s lawyer David Sherborne said: “In a monumental victory today, News UK have admitted that The Sun, the flagship title for Rupert Murdoch’s UK media empire, has indeed engaged in illegal practices.

The Duke of Sussex will not attend the opening of his ... The former Labour deputy leader, Lord Tom Watson, is also taking legal action against the publisher, which ran the now-defunct News ...

The Duke of Sussex is one of two claimants, alongside former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson, who are continuing their claims against News Group Newspapers (NGN). NGN has always denied unlawful ...

The Duke of Sussex, Lord Tom Watson and News Group Newspapers (NGN) subsequently made a joint bid to ask for permission to appeal against the decision of Mr Justice Fancourt to not allow a third ...

As The Duke of Sussex’s trial against the publisher ... Former Labour deputy leader Lord Tom Watson is also suing NGN in this case. Lord Tom Watson (Yui Mok/PA) Initially, there were others ...

Harry received an unprecedented apology from Rupert Murdoch’s flagship U.K. tabloid on Wednesday, and previously won in a court judgment that condemned the publishers of the Daily Mirror for “widespread and habitual” phone hacking.