Prince Harry Awarded “Substantial” Further Damages From Mirror Group As Phone Hacking Court Battle Comes To An End

Prince Harry has been awarded “substantial” damages in the remaining part of his phone hacking claim against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), the Duke of Sussex’s barrister has told a court.

In the past few minutes, London’s High Court has heard that MGN, which publishes The Daily Mirror against which Harry said he was the victim of more than 140 instances of illegal news gathering, has settled with the prince. MGN will make a costs payment of around £400,000 ($500,000), the BBC reported, with further costs to be assessed.

Harry was previously awarded £140,000 in damages after a court ruled he was the victim of phone hacking by the group, which found in December that 15 of 33 sample articles were the “product of phone hacking … or other unlawful information gathering.”

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