Prince Harry 's mission to tame the British media has produced results in court but the jury is still out on whether it will have a broader impact or be just another chapter — or headline — in the long history of tabloids behaving badly.

The publisher of the Sun newspaper has agreed to pay "substantial damages" and apologised to the Duke of Sussex to settle a long-running legal battle over claims of unlawful intrusion into his life. Prince Harry alleged journalists and private investigators working for News Group Newspapers (NGN) used unlawful techniques to pry on his private life - and executives then allegedly covered it up.