Prince Harry claims Murdoch newspapers paid 'large sum' to settle William hacking claim | CNN Business

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Buckingham Palace and Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers reached a secret agreement over historical phone hacking claims, court documents filed on behalf of Prince Harry allege

. The documents, which claim that NGN privately reached an undisclosed settlement with Prince William, are part of the Duke of Sussex’s lawsuit against the media group for alleged unlawful information gathering. The lawsuit includes claims that NGN illegally intercepted voicemail messages, obtained private information by deception and used private investigators to illegally gain information.

NGN said it has no comment regarding the suggestion that it made a confidential settlement with Prince William. The company also claims that Prince Harry ought to have brought his lawsuit sooner. On a separate allegation by Prince Harry that there was a “secret agreement” with Buckingham Palace, by which NGN would forego its right to bring a limitation defense in response to any claims by the Royal Family, the media group said “there was no such secret agreement.

 

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