Hugh Grant called for a criminal investigation into the Rupert Murdoch-owned News Group Newspapers following Prince Harry's settlement against the publisher earlier this week. Grant also won a privacy claim against NGN last year.

Whispers rippled through the court in the moments before Prince Harry’s lawyer sensationally revealed a settlement had been reached with Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

Hugh Grant has called for the U.K. police to open a new criminal investigation into Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers. The actor joins a growing chorus of people who, in the wake of Prince Harry’s historical settlement with the company - which included admissions of guilt into phone hacking at The Sun newspaper - are now calling