 Britain's Prince Harry was awarded significant damages after London's High Court ruled on December 15 he had been the victim of phone hacking and other unlawful acts by journalists on British newspapers with the knowledge of their editors. The Prince became the first senior British royal for 130 years to give evidence in court when he appeared as the star witness at a trial in June against Mirror Group newspapers, the publisher of The Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People, who he said. Had targeted him for 15 years, the judge's decision to award him 140,600 pounds in his conclusion that the papers editors and executives knew about the wrongdoing will be seen a major victory for the Prince, Harry called for the authorities and the police to take action against those identified as having broken the law. that all four claimants were subjected to voicemail interception and unlawful information gathering but no one would have believed that was the case given how this trial was covered in the UK. My commitment to seeing this case through is based on my belief in our need and collective right to a free and honest press and one which is properly accountable when necessary. That is what we need in Britain and across the globe. Anything else is poisoning the well for a profession we all depend on. The journey to justice can be a slow and painful one and since bringing my claim almost five years ago defamatory stories and intimidating tactics have been deployed against me and at my family's expense and so as I too have learnt through this process patience is in fact a virtue especially in the face of vendetta journalism. I hope that the court's findings will serve as a warning to all media organisations who have employed these practices and then similarly lied about them. Cover-ups and destruction of evidence to the shocking scale of which can only be revealed through these procedures to the stock exchange and editors such as Piers Morgan clearly knew about or were involved in these illegal activities between them they even went as far as lying under oath to Parliament during the leveson inquiry to the stock exchange and to us all ever since. Today's ruling is vindicating and affirming. I've been told that slaying dragons will get you burned but in light of today's victory and the importance of what is doing what is needed for a free and honest press it is a worthwhile price to pay. The mission continues. Thank you very much. I'd be rather disappointed when I re-emerge. I would call it a temporary hibernation but of course my opinions remain my opinions.