Prince William 'secretly' settled phone hacking scandal out of court
New reports say Prince William 'secretly' settled his phone-hacking case against The Sun outside of court for a "very large sum" of money.
The BBC write that, "Papers shown at the High Court allege there was a 'secret agreement' between Buckingham Palace and News Group Newspapers (NGN)" that resulted in the Prince of Wales accepting money from tabloid paper owners.
At present, William's brother, Prince Harry, is pursuing legal action against both Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) – publishers of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday – and NGN over what he has labelled unlawful information gathering. The Duke of Sussex is claiming that the press hacked his phones in order to obtain private details that were then published without his knowledge or consent.
The idea of a phone-hacking scandal first came to light back in 2006, when a royal correspondent and a private investigator, both of whom worked for a Sunday tabloid owned by media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers (NGN), were arrested and later convicted of unlawfully listening to voicemails left on phones belonging to royal aides.
Subsequent revelations also saw Murdoch forced to close The News of the World, its editor and others staff members jailed, along with a high-profile public inquiry into press standards.
Now, Prince Harry is alleging that evidence disclosed since the paper was shut down prove he was continually targeted by its sister title, The Sun.
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