To return to the subject of the thread, I wonder if this PR push about perhaps dropping the lawsuits might be because:
(a) they're not going to win the RAVEC one (and perhaps think they might have a better change of security funding from pressuring Dad)
(b) the destroyed evidence thing has really hit (what's left of) Harry's reputation as a principled crusader
(c) the homework assignment the judge gave Harry - write me an essay on how you destroyed the evidence and why; and show your workings. Nothing he writes is going to look good
(d) the kicker - all that correspondence the judge ordered Harry's lawyers to ask the Palace for. Who knows* what gems that seam will contain? And having to hand it over to lawyers for the Press H is suing for invading his privacy.
*Harry, for one (if he can remember).