“NGN offers a full and unequivocal apology to the Duke of Sussex for the serious intrusion by The Sun between 1996 and 2011 into his private life, including incidents of unlawful activities carried out by private investigators working for The Sun. NGN also offers a full and unequivocal apology to the Duke of Sussex for the phone hacking. surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigators instructed by them at the News of the World. NGN further apologises to the Duke for the impact on him of the extensive coverage and serious intrusion into his private life as well as the private life of Diana, Princess of Wales, his late mother, in particular during his younger years. We acknowledge and apologise for the distress caused to the Duke, and the damage inflicted on relationships, friendships and family, and have agreed to pay him substantial damages. It is also acknowledged, without any admission of illegality, that NGN’s response to the 2006 arrests and subsequent actions were regrettable,” says a statement from News Group Newspapers, the Murdoch propaganda empire’s UK branch, a court-ordered apology addressed to Prince Harry.

Harry’s lawyer David Sherborne, said Team Murdoch had agreed to pay the prince substantial damages, with a source telling USA Today it involved an eight-figure sum to the already-wealthy royal. A trial was to begin Wednesday, but just like the Dominion case the propaganda-mongers settled at the last second and paid the wages of at least some of their many sins.