Prince Harry and others to pay over £9.5m in Mail's costs
Britain's Prince Harry and six others must pay more than £9.5m (€11.1m) to the Daily Mail's publisher which welcomed the ruling as "another overwhelming victory for the Mail and its journalism".
Prince Harry and six other notable individuals are required to contribute over £9.5 million to the Daily Mail's publisher by next Friday, according to the initial legal costs determined after their failed High Court case. The claimants, which include Elton John, Sadie Frost, and Liz Hurley, sued Associated Newspapers Ltd for allegations of unlawful information gathering.
The High Court in London has ordered the group of seven to pay £9,544,355 as an initial contribution to the publisher's costs before further hearings to determine the total sum, which was nearly the amount sought by Associated Newspapers. The case ended last month with the judge dismissing all claims, with the judge criticizing the claimants' allegations as speculative and lacking proper evidence.
The publisher welcomed the ruling, calling it a "devastating critique" of the attempted destruction of their newspaper and the reputations of its journalists, editors, and executives.
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