The mission of Prince Harry to tame the British media has produced results in court. But the jury is out on whether it will have a broader impact or be just another chapter — or headline — in the long history of tabloids behaving badly.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers gave Harry an “unequivocal apology,” admitting for the first time to unlawful activities at The Sun and agreeing to pay what it called substantial damages.

News Group Newspapers acknowledged its private investigators and journalists targeted Harry with phone hacking, surveillance, and misuse of private information.