LONDON. Rupert Murdoch’s media group paid a “very large amount of money” in 2020 to the heir to the English throne, Prince Williamfor the purpose of withdrawing a lawsuit in a case wiretapping journalists of scandalous leaflets of the American-Australian magnate. So far, the secret out-of-court settlement that received Queen Elizabeth’s approval has been revealed in documents filed yesterday by its legal team. Prince Harrywhich is pursuing a separate legal battle against publisher Sun.

Harry claims that his grandmother, Elizabeth IIapproved in 2012 a secret agreement with Murdoch Group, which provided that the princes would postpone their judicial appeals in exchange for a public apology. In his lawsuit, Harry claims that Buckingham accepted these terms because of the “tampon gate” scandal.

In 1992, The Sun newspaper published an intercepted 1989 telephone conversation between Charles And her Camilawith sexually explicit content proving that the then crown prince had an extramarital affair while he was married to Diana. “The Palaces were traumatized by the scandal and were keen to avoid a repeat of 1992-1993,” Harry said in a statement.

Harry’s education

Prince’s lawsuit concerns a breach of the Murdoch group’s obligation to publicly apologize, pointing out that the group’s flyers have harassed and slandered him throughout his life. Harry accuses two of Murdoch’s newspapers of listening to his phone calls and snooping on his email. Although News of the World, which Murdoch has since shut down, acknowledged the illegal activity, Sun refused to do so, and its editor, Rebecca Brooks, was acquitted by a criminal court in 2014.

Murdoch’s media empire would like to reach an out-of-court settlement with Harry as the group tries to avoid another high-profile court case, just weeks after the network was sentenced. Fox News fined $700 million for defamation in the US.

The News of the World illegal celebrity hacking scandal cost Murdoch more than $1 billion in compensation to hundreds of victims, jeopardizing the band’s survival. Harry sues three media groups, alleging that they used illegal media for their reporting.