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This week Prince Harry achieved something few before him have: an admission of guilt and unlawful behaviour from the Murdoch media organisation. But he also fell short of his long-stated goal of holding the Murdochs to account in a public trial.

A key revelation from the end of this London High Court drama is that it may be a stepping stone in pursuing legal charges against NGN executives.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: By poisoning the well of journalism, phone-hacking undermined confidence in a trade that tries, for all its faults, to hold the powerful to account. Harry’s private battle has had a knock-on effect in aiding democracy – which needs a free press people can trust

Murdoch’s publishers have already spent over £1bn in damages to 1,300 people including legal fees

The Duke of Sussex’s lawyer has called for a police investigation after NGN offered a full and unequivocal apology for the serious intrusion by the Sun into the duke’s private life

Prince Harry is a Marmite figure. That much is clear by now. For some he is a hero, the scourge of tabloids and positive voice on mental health. For others, he is to be derided as either a tragic Prince or the Royal who deserted his family.

The U.K. tabloids have agreed to pay the Duke of Sussex "substantial damages".

Here is a timeline of the duke’s claim against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers

The prince was right to fight – and also right about the need to stop good journalism being sullied by the bad. Trust has been severely damaged, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

The Duke of Sussex settled his legal claim against The Sun’s publisher on Wednesday.

Prince Harry’s lawyer David Sherborne branded The Sun a ‘criminal enterprise’ and called for a new police investigation