Prince Harry snagged a historic win in his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch ’s U.K. tabloids, receiving an unprecedented apology from the company for the intrusion and breach of privacy of the royal's life.

Murdoch’s U.K.-based publisher of The Sun tabloid, News Group Newspapers, has agreed to pay “substantial damages” to settle Harry’s legal claim.

Prince Harry settled his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers (NGN) over alleged unlawful information gathering, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Rupert Murdoch’s UK publishing business has paid out more than £1bn over the phone-hacking scandal and its subsequent legal fees, with the latest settlement involving Prince Harry reported to be at least £10m.

Prince Harry has settled his lawsuit against News Group Newspapers, the Rupert Murdoch-owned company that publishes The Sun and previously published now-defunct News of The World.

Prince Harry was suing News Group Newspapers over alleged unlawful activities carried out by journalists and private investigators working for its papers, The Sun and the now defunct News of the World,

The deal means that Harry will not be able to seek a court ruling validating his allegations that News Group Newspapers' journalists went to illegal extremes to dig up dirt on his life and that executives at the company helped cover up the bad acts.

Prince Harry has settled a lawsuit against News Group Newspapers, the U.K. newspaper group owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab reports.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers settled with the royal, offering him an “unequivocal apology” for invading his privacy.

Prince Harry settled a long-running legal case against Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids over privacy invasions after the media company issued a full-throated apology.

A years-long crusade against media intrusion reached a dramatic conclusion Wednesday as Prince Harry secured a landmark settlement with Rupert Murdoch‘s News Group Newspapers, including a public apology and damages reportedly exceeding $12 million.