Rupert Murdoch’s outlets rarely apologize. The Prince Harry case was different
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Rupert Murdoch’s outlets rarely apologize. The Prince Harry case was different

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New York CNN — Rupert Murdoch’s media empire just did something incredibly unusual: It said sorry. The conservative media mogul’s British newspapers division, known as News Group Newspapers, offered 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.” And that was just the first sentence. Prince Harry, who spent five years pursuing Murdoch’s papers, declared it a “vindication for the hundreds of other claimants who were strong-armed into settling, without being able to get to the truth of what was done to them.” The move was especially striking because it came at the behest of Murdoch, the hard-charging magnate who has wielded his papers like weapons for decades. A lawyer speaking on behalf of the claimants called the settlement – with its admissions of wrongdoing – “a monumental victory.” The newspaper group said it is paying both Prince Harry and Watson “substantial damages.” But the public apology might be priceless. According to The Washington Post, Prince Harry texted his brother Prince William in 2019 about pursuing the lawsuit, writing “obviously my aim is to expose all their lies and manipulation to the public, to get a public apology for all of us and to get some justice.” Accordingly, Wednesday’s apology note went into detail.

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