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■ Prince William received a “very large” payoff in a secret 2020 settlement with Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group, the royal’s younger brother, Prince Harry, revealed in London court filings last week. Harry didn’t specify how much William took to settle phone-hacking claims, but The Telegraph (U.K.) reports it was about $1.2 million. Harry has brought his own lawsuit against Murdoch’s tabloids, alleging that his voicemails were hacked from 1994 to 2016. Harry claims the royals settled to avoid having to testify about embarrassing voicemails, including King Charles alluding to his affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles in 1989 while he was married to Harry and William’s mother, Princess Diana. William was furious with his brother for disclosing the settlement and “will never trust Harry again,” a friend of William’s told The Daily Beast. “His relationship with William is over.” Harry is attending his father’s coronation this weekend, but is expected not to mingle with his family and will fly back to California two hours after the service ends.
■ Hunter Biden told an Arkansas judge this week that he’s paid $750,000 to support the upbringing of his 4-year-old daughter, whom he’s never met. A 2019 paternity test proved that Biden, 53, fathered the child out of wedlock during a brief affair with Lunden Roberts, 32. President Biden’s son is seeking to lower his $20,000 monthly child-support payments, claiming he’s experienced “a substantial material change” in income. In December, Roberts petitioned the court to give the daughter Biden’s last name, which Biden opposes, calling it “political warfare.”
■ Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade said last week that his family, which includes a trans daughter, has moved from Florida to California partly because of the Sunshine State’s anti-LGBTQ legislation. Wade and his wife, actress Gabrielle Union, sold their Miami mansion in 2021 for $22 million. After Wade’s 15-year-old, Zaya, transitioned in 2020, “my family would not be accepted or feel comfortable there,” Wade said. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the GOP-controlled state legislature have banned teachers discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in schools and are advancing legislation that would ban administering puberty blockers and hormones to trans teens.