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Prince Harry’s lawyers are in last-minute talks with Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloids to settle allegations of illegal newsgathering at the publisher, the High Court in London has heard.
THE Duke of Sussex had previously insisted he was determined to move forward with the case even after other plaintiffs, including Hugh Grant, Sienna Miller and many other public figures, accepted offers from News Group newspapers of Murdoch to drop their claims.
But on the opening day of the trial, Anthony Hudson KC, acting on behalf of the publisher, told the High Court that the two parties were engaged in “settlement discussions”.
King Charles III’s youngest son is the only remaining claimant in the High Court case, alongside former Labor deputy leader Lord Tom Watson, whose lawyers are also in settlement talks, the court.
NGN was not immediately available for comment.
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