Prince Harry has broken cover in the US as his legal team remain in crunch talks with News Group Newspapers regarding a settlement offer. The Duke of Sussex stepped out in Los Angeles alongside members of the Salinas Fire Department and their facility dogs on Tuesday.

The same week that Prince Harry’s landmark case against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers went to trial in the U.K., the Duke of Sussex met up with firefighters and therapy dogs in Salinas, California amid the devastating Southern California wildfires.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers offered Harry an “unequivocal apology,” admitting for the first time to unlawful activities at The Sun and agreeing to pay what it called substantial damages.

Prince Harry has received a public apology and substantial damages from the publisher of The Sun after settling his legal action over allegations of unlawful information-gathering.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, moved to California after stepping back as senior royals in 2020. They call the wealthy, coastal city of Montecito home.

Harry pulled the plug on a high stakes lawsuit against a Rupert Murdoch-owned British tabloid after receiving an apology.

Prince Harry has settled his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloids. The prince has accepted damages and an apology from News Group Newspapers over years of phone hacking and other unlawful intrusion.

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."

Prince Harry has broken his silence after settling his court case with News Group Newspaper. The Duke of Sussex's barrister issued a new statement on behalf of the royal outside the court following the news that a settlement had been reached and that the case would no go to trial.

News Group Newspapers offered what it called a “full and unequivocal apology” to the prince serious intrusion into his private life as well as the private life of Diana, Princess of Wales,”

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