Let me be clear, I don’t know if there was a “secret pact” between the royal family and News Group Newspapers (NGN) with regards to phone hacking. Neither do you. That’s the thing about secret pacts, they’re hard to verify.
Prince Harry certainly believes there was one, though. His witness statement submitted as part of a legal case he is bringing against the publisher of the Sun alleges not only that journalists at the company’s titles hacked his voicemails and targeted him with other illegal activity, but that “senior executives” came to an agreement with the royal family some time before 2012 that they would delay legal proceedings in exchange for an apology at a future date.
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