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

The shock settlement comes before the official trial was set to begin. 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.

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry claimed a monumental victory Wednesday as Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life over decades and agreed to pay substantial damages to settle his privacy invasion lawsuit.