The publisher agreed to pay "substantial damages" for using unlawful activities to intrude into the Duke of Sussex's private life from 1996 to 2011

The conservative media mogul’s British newspapers division, known as News Group Newspapers (NGN), offered 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.”