Prince Harry?s Day Out Of Court
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at Prince Harry?s settlement with the publisher of The Sun newspaper for intrusion into his private life over a 15 year period.
Adam is joined by media editor Katie Razzall and home and legal correspondent Dominic Casciani to discuss the significance behind the News Group Newspapers? ?full and unequivocal apology? to the Duke of Sussex.
And a Russian spy ship has been tracked by the Royal Navy operating near British waters. Adam speaks to diplomatic correspondent James Landale about the risks to undersea infrastructure and ?growing Russian aggression?.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello. This week, we were meant to see the dramatic moment where Prince Harry's lawyers went up against the lawyers for the owners of the Sun newspaper, news group newspapers. |
| 0:16.3 | The case did not happen. Instead, the two sides reached a settlement, some of which is a big chunk of money |
| 0:23.3 | going Prince Harry's way, the rest of which is a really interesting and significant statement |
| 0:28.8 | from News Group newspapers about the way the Sun newspaper operated in the 1990s and the start |
| 0:35.7 | of the 2000s. We will discuss what it all means and why it's so |
| 0:39.2 | important and interesting on this episode of Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. I like landscapes. |
| 0:46.1 | I don't think I'm being rude. Japping. Unemployed people who are overweight. That is not the agenda. |
| 0:51.2 | It's the fun police working overtime. The star is born, Elon. |
| 0:55.4 | So hurt that America let this happen. |
| 0:57.5 | Frankly, I think we need a British Trump. |
| 0:59.3 | Take me down to Down East Street. |
| 1:01.1 | Let's go have a tour. |
| 1:02.7 | Blimey. |
| 1:05.4 | Hello, it's Adam in the studio. |
| 1:07.0 | And shortly I'm going to be talking about matters international, |
| 1:09.7 | because there's quite a lot of global news, particularly about Russia and some intriguing maritime activity around the UK. |
| 1:16.6 | But we'll do that in a second. First of all, let's dive into that big story that broke on Wednesday lunchtime in the UK, where newsgroup newspapers settled with Prince Harry in his long, long, long legal battle against them. |
| 1:31.6 | So let's talk about it now, because we're joined here in the newscast studio by BBC Home and Legal Correspondent, Dominic Kashiani. |
| 1:38.3 | Hello. |
| 1:39.2 | Hi, Adam. |
| 1:39.6 | Hi. |
| 1:39.8 | Interesting day in court. |
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