Heather Mills gets phone hacking apology
Heather Mills, the former wife of Paul Mccartney, and her sister have received an apology and a settlement from the now-defunct News of the World tabloid over the hacking of their phones.
Heather and her sister Fiona Mills both received a formal apology in the High Court yesterday. In a statement read outside the court, she said she felt “joy and vindication” at the settlement.
Mills is one of a number of celebrities who have received settlements in the prolonged phone hacking scandal, which closed the Rupert Murdochowned News of the World in 2011. The paper was found to have hacked into the voicemail of many prominent people. A representative of the tabloid apologised to the Mills sisters for “the distress caused to them by the invasion of their privacy.”
The size of what was called a “substantial settlement” hasn’t been revealed.