Prince Harry Alleges That Prince William Received a "Large Sum of Money" in Phone Hacking Settlement
Prince Harry's legal battles with the British tabloids are ongoing. This week, in filings over alleged phone hacking by the publisher of the Sun and News of the World, the Duke of Sussex alleges that his brother, Prince William, received a "very large sum of money" from Rupert Murdoch's News Group in a phone hacking settlement in 2020.
In his witness statement, per the Guardian, Prince Harry says, "my brother appeared to know an awful lot more than I did on the subject of phone hacking although he did not tell me if that was the case...However, NGN [News Group Newspapers] still settled his claim for a huge sum of money in 2020 without subjecting him to a similar strike-out application, without any of the public being told, and seemingly with some favorable deal in return for him going 'quietly' so to speak."
Elsewhere in his statement, he says that his father "seemingly blocked" any action he wanted to take against tabloids with regards to phone hacking.
"With hindsight, I now understand why staff at Clarence House [representing Charles and Camilla] were being so unhelpful and were seemingly blocking our every move, as they had a specific long-term strategy to keep the media (including NGN) onside in order to smooth the way for my stepmother (and father) to be accepted by the British public as queen consort (and king respectively) when the time came, and anything that might upset the applecart in this regard (including the suggestion of resolution of our phone hacking claims) was to be avoided at all costs," Harry says.
He also calls executives at News Group "criminals masquerading as journalists," and says that tabloids are "brainwashing" the British public. Harry says, "People die as a result of trolling, and people will continue to take their own lives when they can’t see any other way out. How much more blood will stain their typing fingers before someone can put a stop to this madness?"
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