Diana, Princess of Wales, would be “rightly proud” of the Duke of Sussex after he settled his High Court case with the publishers of The Sun, her brother has said. On Wednesday, Prince Harry secured an “ unequivocal apology ” from Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) for both himself and his late mother, Princess Diana.

News Group Newspaper's apology to Prince Harry around a settlement over allegations of illegal information gathering also mentioned Princess Diana.

This morning, Prince Harry reached a surprise settlement with News Group Newspapers (NGN)—including a reported eight-figure sum and a public apology over allegations of unlawful activities.

NGN also apologized to the Duke for the impact on him of the "extensive coverage and serious intrusion into his private life as well as the private life of Diana, Princess of Wales."

Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids have made a rare apology to Prince Harry in settling his privacy invasion lawsuit and will pay him a substantial sum

News Group Newspapers acknowledged its private investigators and journalists targeted Harry with phone hacking, surveillance, and misuse of private information.

Prince Harry has received an eight-figure settlement along with an official apology from NGN (News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun and former outlet News of the World) in a surprising development in his lawsuit against the tabloid publisher.

The statement even went beyond the scope of the lawsuit to acknowledge intruding on the life of Harry’s mother, the late Princess Diana.