Mills is one of a number of celebrities who have
received settlements in the prolonged phone
hacking scandal, which closed the Rupert
Murdoch-owned News of the World in 2011.
The paper was found to have hacked into the
voicemail of many prominent Britons in a gross
violation of privacy.
A representative of the tabloid said it apologized
to the Mills sisters for “the distress caused
to them by the invasion of their privacy by
individuals working for or on behalf of the News
of the World.”
The size of what was called a “substantial
settlement” hasn’t been revealed.
The Mills’ lawyer, David Sherborne, said the
sisters had been subjected to “sustained and
repeated invasions of privacy” by people
working for the newspaper.
“The claimants believe that the publication of
articles in the defendant’s newspapers had a
seriously corrosive effect on (their) relationships
with their friends and family, some of which can
never be repaired,” he said.
Mills and McCartney divorced in 2008 after
a prolonged court clash over the size of the
settlement she would receive.