While Prince Harry’s lawyers helped him win a major court victory in London Wednesday, along with “substantial damages” in his years-long battle against U.K. tabloid newspapers, he also turned up this week in photos with Salinas firefighters, showing his philanthropic side and support for first responders battling the wildfires in Los Angeles.

Yes, it’s been an eventful week for the Montecito-based Duke of Sussex. He had been scheduled to travel to London sometime in February to testify in his 10-week trial against the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspapers for unlawful intrusion into his life more than 15 years ago. But now he won’t need to, as his lawyers hammered out an eleventh-hour settlement on his behalf that is reported to be at least $12 million, according and

The settlement included an “unequivocal” apology for “unlawful activities” carried out by private investigators working for The Sun from 1996 to 2011 and for phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information perpetrated by journalists and private investigators working at the now-defunct News of the World, the Telegraph reported. The publisher, News Group Newspapers, also apologized to Harry “for the impact on him of the extensive coverage and serious intrusion into his private life as well as the private life of Diana, Princess of Wales, his late mother, in particular during his younger years.”

It’s not clear, though, whether the settlement requires NGN to pay Harry’s legal costs, which was reported to be in the millions, or if the duke will have to pay those fees from the damages he collects.

But Harry has previously said that his legal fight wasn’t about the money and his attorneys hailed the settlement and NGN’s apology as a victory against a “hugely powerful media organization” and “a complete vindication” for the duke.

Harry, though, wasn’t in London to bask in his victory or to experience all the media fuss there over his court case. He was in California, and specifically Los Angeles where he and his wife Meghan Markle have been eager to be seen showing support for relief efforts for people impacted by the devastating Palisades and Eaton wildfires.

On Tuesday, that Harry had paid a visit to its K9 therapy team, which had been dispatched to the Easton fire base camp in Pasadena over the weekend to work with Cal Fire and other agencies to provide mental health support to first responders and affected communities. On Instagram, Salinas fire posing with its therapy dogs Cruz and Taffy.