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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jim Waterson Media editor

Prince Harry: royals ‘agreed not to sue’ newspapers over phone hacking

Prince Harry departing the high court in London.
Prince Harry departing the high court in London. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

Prince Harry has claimed members of the royal family struck a secret deal with newspapers not to sue them over phone hacking because it would “open a can of worms”.

Harry alleged his own family hid information from him about press intrusion and he had been conditioned to accept his family’s view that they should not dare to take on the British newspaper industry.

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