By Calum Jaspan

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Earlier this year, Harry won “substantial damages” from News Corp’s British tabloid, The Sun, in an agreement which included an apology to the Duke of Sussex for its tactics used to spy on his private life between 1996 and 2011.

Murdoch was one of 160 guests invited to the special dinner in honour of Trump, viewed as a gushing act of diplomacy and flattery to help British-American relations, secure a better trade deal and maintain support of Ukraine in its war against Russia.

Murdoch was strategically seated beside British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s top aide, Morgan McSweeney. Apple chief executive Tim Cook was seated beside Trump’s daughter, Tiffany Trump.

Trump himself sat between the King and the Princess of Wales, Catherine. Other guests on a private-sector-heavy list included OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia.