Prince Harry broke cover Tuesday for the first time since he won a multimillion-dollar settlement and a “full and unequivocal apology” from Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers, which admitted that the Sun tabloid infringed his privacy using illegal methods and also apologized for “serious intrusion” into the private life of his late mother,

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.

The Duke of Sussex has made his first public appearance since securing a full apology and substantial damages from the publisher of The Sun after settling his claim over allegations of unlawful information-gathering.