LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) - British actor Hugh Grant

has settled a lawsuit against the publisher of the Sun tabloid

newspaper over claims journalists used private investigators to

tap his phone and burgle his house, his lawyer said in court

documents on Wednesday.

Grant, alongside King Charles' son Prince Harry, was suing

News Group Newspapers (NGN) for alleged widespread unlawful

information gathering, including landline tapping, burglary and

"blagging" confidential information about him.

His case was one of several lawsuits which were eligible to

go to trial at London's High Court in January, but the actor has

agreed to settle with NGN, his lawyer David Sherborne said.