Piers Morgan branded Prince Harry a “hypocrite” after he settled his legal action against News Group Newspapers (NGN) over allegations of unlawful information-gathering. The Duke of Sussex had previously vowed that he wouldn’t settle as he felt he was the one person who could hold the publishers of The Sun and now-defunct News of the World accountable at trial.
On Wednesday, the Uncensored host reacted to the news on social media and questioned whether Harry will now apologise to the Royal Family for “his own intrusion into their lives”.
He raged on X/Twitter: “So ‘moral crusader’ Prince Harry took the cash.. will he now be issuing a ‘full and unequivocal’ apology to the Royal Family for his own serious intrusion into their lives for personal financial gain?
“Or is royal intrusion absolutely fine when HE does it? What a hypocrite…”
Prince Harry settled his legal action shortly before the start of a trial which could have lasted 10 weeks.
On Wednesday morning, Harry’s lawyer, David Sherborne, said that the parties had “reached an agreement” and that NGN had offered an apology to the duke and would pay “substantial damages”.
Mr Sherborne described the settlement as a “monumental victory” and said NGN is “finally held to account for its illegal actions and its blatant disregard for the law”.
Reading a statement from NGN, Mr Sherborne continued: “NGN offers a full and unequivocal apology to the Duke of Sussex for the serious intrusion by The Sun between 1996 and 2011 into his private life, including incidents of unlawful activities carried out by private investigators working for The Sun.
“NGN also offers a full and unequivocal apology to the Duke of Sussex for the phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigators instructed by them at the News Of The World.
“NGN further apologises to the duke for the impact on him of the extensive coverage and serious intrusion into his private life as well as the private life of Diana, Princess of Wales, his late mother, in particular during his younger years.” Read NGN’s full apology here
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