https://www.siliconvalley.com/2023/04/25/harry-reveals-william-received-very-large-secret-settlement-from-rupert-murdoch-in-phone-hacking-case/ > Prince Harry has made public another royal secret that is likely to aggravate Prince William, alleging that his estranged older brother received a “very large sum” of money when he settled a phone-hacking claim against Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. newspaper group in 2020. > Harry’s attorneys have suggested that the Duke of Sussex was left out of this kind of settlement because he was discouraged from pursuing legal action against the News Group Newspapers, publishers of The Sun and the now-defunct News of the World, the BBC reported. Harry’s attorneys have said the newspapers struck a “secret agreement” with officials at Buckingham Palace in how royal family would pursue legal claims, BBC also reported.