LONDON, April 18 — British actor Hugh Grant has settled a lawsuit against the publisher of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid newspaper, The Sun, he said yesterday, while the lawyer for Prince Harry said the royal could also be “forced” to agree a deal.

Grant, alongside King Charles’ son and others, was suing News Group Newspapers (NGN) for alleged widespread unlawful information gathering, including landline tapping, burglary and “blagging” confidential information about him.