The Duke of Sussex was set to tussle with News Group Newspapers in the British High Court, but an apology came from the media organisation ahead of the court date, with the Murdoch-owned paper accepting for the first time that there had been unlawful activity at The Sun.
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00:00The truth that has now been exposed is that News Group newspapers unlawfully
00:05engaged more than 100 private investigators over at least 16 years on
00:11more than 35,000 occasions. This happened as much at the Sun as it did
00:19at the News of the World, with the knowledge of all the editors and
00:24executives going to the very top of the company. What's even worse is that in the
00:31wake of the 2006 arrest of a royal correspondent there was an extensive
00:37conspiracy to cover up what had really been going on and who knew about it.
00:43Senior executives deliberately obstructed justice by deleting over 30
00:49million emails, destroying backup tapes and making false denials, all in the face
00:57of an ongoing police investigation. They then repeatedly lied under oath to cover
01:05their tracks, both in court and at the Leveson public inquiry. Today's result
01:12has been achieved only through the sheer resilience of Prince Harry and Tom
01:16Watson, whose willingness to take News Group newspapers to trial has led
01:20directly to this historic admission of unlawfulness at the Sun. It has only been
01:26by taking News Group not just to the steps of court, but inside the courtroom
01:32itself, that these claimants have finally managed to extract this historic
01:37admission of guilt. As a direct result of him taking a stand, Prince Harry and his
01:43immediate family have also had to repeatedly withstand aggressive and
01:48vengeful coverage since starting his claim over five years ago. This has
01:54created serious concerns for the security of him and his family.