Britain's Prince Harry has settled his lawsuit against the U.K. newspaper group owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, News Group Newspapers, Britain's Press Association and the BBC reported, citing statements read out in a London court room on Wednesday.

Harry had presented the lawsuit as a moral crusade and a legal reckoning for Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. In the end, he joined hundreds of other claimants in agreeing to avoid a full trial.

Prince Harry has settled his lawsuit against News Group Newspapers, the Rupert Murdoch-owned company that publishes The Sun and previously published now-defunct News of The World. The settlement, announced Wednesday, includes an apology and admission of wrongdoing from NGN.