New checks on media misconduct flagged following Prince Harry’s victory
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Foreshadowing fresh restraints on media organisations, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said not everyone had the means to take media organisations on. New curbs on media misconduct are being considered by the Starmer government in the light of Prince Harry’s settlement with The Sun.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy praised the Duke of Sussex after he settled with the masthead’s publisher, News Group Newspapers, and said government action was vital to ensure people without his power and wealth were able to obtain justice in disputes with newspapers.
“It is important we have proper safeguards in place to make sure that people don’t have to resort to very expensive and lengthy court processes to get justice,” Ms Nandy told the BBC. Prince Harry had alleged that journalists and private investigators working for NGN – which also published the now-defunct News of the World – had unlawfully targeted him.
His barrister David Sherborne said NGN offered a “full and unequivocal apology” to the Duke of Sussex for intrusions into his private life between 1996 and 2011, “including incidents of unlawful activities carried out by private investigators working for The Sun.”.
Part of NGN’s apology said: “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.
