Prince Harry won €165,000 during 'phone hacking' battle against British tabloids.

Britain's youngest son Charles III said the ruling was "vindicating and affirming" and should serve as a warning to other media outlets that have used similar practices. Prince Harry won his landmark phone-hacking lawsuit against the Daily Mirror publisher in the first of several lawsuits against the British tabloid press to go to court. "Today is a great day for truth as well as accountability," Harry said in a statement read by his lawyer before the court. "I was told that killing dragons would result in a burn. But in light of today's victory and the importance of doing what is necessary for a free and fair press, that price is worth paying. The mission continues." The Duke of Sussex's message was an open reference to two tabloid publishers facing trials on almost identical charges. High Court judge Timothy Fancourt said phone hacking had been "widespread and habitual" at Mirror Group newspapers for years and private investigators "were an integral part of the system" for illegally gathering information about Harry and his associates. He said newspaper executives were aware of the practice and covered it up. Fancourt found that the newspapers invaded the Duke of Sussex's privacy by using illegal information gathering to create 15 of the 33 newspaper articles examined in court as a representative sample of the nearly 150 Harry was quoted in.