Prince Harry wins landmark phone hacking case against one of Britain's major tabloids

Prince Harry leaves the High Court after giving evidence in London, on June 7, 2023. Prince Harry won his phone hacking lawsuit on Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds ($180,000). (Kin Cheung/AP)

LONDON – Hounded by paparazzi all his life, Britain's Prince Harry won a legal victory Friday against a U.K. newspaper group he accused of hacking into his voicemail in the early 2000s to get scoops.

It's a vindication for Harry, who has blamed what he calls a poisonous U.K. tabloid culture in part for a fallout with his family, his decision to step down as a working royal and his 2020 move to California with his American wife Meghan Markle and their children.