Prince William got large sum in Murdoch phone hacking settlement

So, we don’t know exactly what a “very large sum” means, but apparently Harry also has an “axe to grind” with the Murdochs. Moreover, considering the resolution of the Dominion suit, with Smartmatic in the wings, the Murdoch/Fox contingent is having a comeupance of significant proportion.

The Buddha taught that unless extremely egregious, a single transgression of thoughtlessness would not necessarily mean punishment for the perpetrator. But then he cautioned that if such behavior were to become habitual, the resulting Karma would provide exactly the appropriate lesson for those involved. So far, the dollar amount awarded to Dominion is the highest such settlement in history, with more to come. Moreover, it doesn’t begin to address the reputational ruination inherent.

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Prince William got ‘very large sum’ in Murdoch phone hacking settlement

Prince Harry’s lawyer made the revelation in court documents aired Tuesday as part of a lawsuit against the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

April 25, 2023, 7:36 AM PDT  By Associated Press

Prince William, the heir to the British throne, quietly received “a very large sum of money” in a 2020 settlement with the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire for phone hacking, according to court documents aired Tuesday in one of his brother’s lawsuits.

Prince Harry’s lawyer made the revelation in a summary of arguments about why Harry’s lawsuit against the publisher of The Sun and now-defunct News Of The World should not be thrown out. The suit alleges the newspapers unlawfully gathered information in a scandal dating back two decades.

News Group Newspapers, which Murdoch owns, argued that a High Court judge should throw out phone hacking lawsuits by the prince and actor Hugh Grant because the claims were brought too late.

But Harry, the Duke of Sussex, said he was prevented from bringing his case because of a secret agreement between the royal family and the newspapers that called for a settlement and apology. The deal, which the prince said was authorized by the late Queen Elizabeth II, would have prevented future litigation from the royals.

Harry began pushing for a resolution in 2017 but said he “had enough” after the publisher “filibustered.” He filed suit in 2019.

The papers said William, Prince of Wales, later settled for a large, but undisclosed sum.

“It is important to bear in mind that in responding to this bid by NGN to prevent his claims going to trial, (Harry) has had to make public the details of this secret agreement, as well as the fact that his brother, His Royal Highness Prince William, has recently settled his claim against NGN behind the scenes,” attorney David Sherborne wrote. “This is used very much by (Harry) as ‘a shield not a sword’ against NGN’s attack.”

The lawsuit is one of several that Harry has brought against British newspapers, including two other phone hacking cases.

When contacted by NBC News, a spokesperson for News UK — the trading name for News Group Newspapers — declined to immediately comment. NBC News has also reached out to Buckingham Palace.

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Prince William got large sum in Murdoch phone hacking settlement

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I wonder about when this train actually went off the rail and Balwani and Holmes both knew it. It reminds me somewhat of Bernie Madoff’s $20 Billion deception in that if Bernie had fessed up when his performance first went south and he tried to cover it up, only to make it worse, he might largely have been forgiven and returned to his original trading business. But he just couldn’t do that and as time went on…well we know the result.

Was there a similar trajectory for this pair? A time when they looked at each other and said, “Uh oh!” Not that it matters really. Somewhere along the way they knew what was going down and kept it going for as long as they could. Now have to face the music as eventually, always is the case. It is simply “The Law of Cause and Effect” unfolding. Hopefully for them there will be less tragic endings than Bernie. It depends on how they handle what they have wrought! We’ll see.