Another court victory in Harry’s campaign to hold the press to account, but what are the broader implications?

UPDATED 06.42 a.m. PT: There has been high drama on the first day in the trial of Prince Harry versus Rupert Murdoch ‘s News Group Newspapers (NGN), with a settlement deal now “very close,” according to NGN’s lawyer.

Prince Harry and his legal team have struck a last-minute settlement deal with a newspaper group for invasion of privacy — the same week the case was set to go trial.

Prince Harry has settled with Rupert Murdoch's NGN and received an apology over The Sun and News of the World claims.

Prince Harry won a major apology from Rupert Murdoch 's U.K. newspaper division, including for his mother—but the company stopped short of an apology for Meghan Markle.

Opening arguments in Prince Harry’s civil lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers are scheduled to begin Tuesday.

LONDON — Prince Harry settled his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids on Wednesday, accepting damages and an apology from News Group Newspapers over years of phone hacking and other unlawful intrusion . The company has also apologized to a second claimant, former Labour Party politician Tom Watson, now Lord Watson.

A legal battle brought by Prince Harry against the publisher of The Sun newspaper, owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, kicked off at the High Court in London on Tuesday, without Prince Harry in attendance and with several delays.

News Group Newspapers offered a “full and unequivocal apology” to Harry for the “serious intrusion” into his private life by the Sun between 1996 and 2011.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers gave Harry an “unequivocal apology,” admitting for the first time to unlawful activities at The Sun and agreeing to pay what it called substantial damages.

In a statement outside the London court, Harry's barrister David Sherborne said NGN had spent "more than a billion pounds in payouts and in legal costs" in order to "prevent the f