Duke’s uncle says he showed ‘great tenacity’ in securing full and unequivocal apology from News Group Newspapers

Diana, Princess of Wales, would be “incredibly touched” and “rightly proud” of the Duke of Sussex for taking on News Group Newspapers (NGN) and gaining an apology for its serious intrusion into her private life, her brother has said.

Charles Spencer praised his nephew after Prince Harry received a full and unequivocal apology and “substantial damages” from the publisher over “serious intrusion” by the Sun, including unlawful activities by private investigators working for the paper.

NGN apologises to royal ‘for phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigators’

The Duke of Sussex has settled his high court legal action at the eleventh hour against the publisher of the Sun, News Group Newspapers (NGN).

NGN offered “a full and unequivocal apology” to Prince Harry “for the phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigators instructed by them” at the News of the World.