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Britain's Prince Harry claimed what has been called a "monumental" victory this week against publishing mogul Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspapers in the United Kingdom, after News Group Newspapers, or NGN, paid out substantial damages shortly before a high-profile court case was due to start, and made an unprecedented public apology for years of intruding into his private life.

More than 1,300 claimants had previously settled suits with NGN, which owns the now-defunct News of the World and the still-published The Sun newspapers, but Harry, the second son of King Charles III, joined with former senior Labour Party member of parliament Tom Watson to take his case to court instead.

At the last minute, a settlement was reached and the company offered Harry a "full and unequivocal apology".

In a statement, NGN was forced to acknowledge "phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigat