Harry hits out at Piers Morgan as Mirror hacking case settled BBC ...

By settling, the two sides are spared a "line-by-line" court battle over the 115 additional tabloid newspaper stories Prince Harry was complaining about.

The settlement happened because the prince made what’s called a Part 36 offer, which Mirror Group Newspapers accepted. If it had refused it could have risked far more money in damages and legal costs.

Sources say Prince Harry is expecting to receive around £300,000 in total in damages from MGN, now called Reach PLC.

But he didn’t come for the money - he came for vindication and now has his sights on Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail, and News Group newspapers, which publishes the Sun.

Meanwhile, around 100 other claimants are in the background with cases against the Mirror group, adding to Reach PLC’s expected legal costs.