UK court orders Prince Harry, others to pay Daily Mail £9.5mil
The prince and six other high-profile figures, who lost their unlawful information-gathering and privacy-invasion claim against Associated Newspapers, must make the payment within a week.
A UK court has ordered Prince Harry and six other high-profile individuals to pay £9.5 million to the publisher of the Daily Mail after losing their privacy case. The claimants, including Elton John, David Furnish, Elizabeth Hurley, and Sadie Frost, accused the Mail of illegal surveillance and invasion of privacy. Despite the allegations being denied by Associated Newspapers Limited, the court ruled in favor of the publisher, concluding that the claimants failed to prove their allegations.
The interim payment of £9,544,355 is due by August 28, and the court noted that the publisher's defense costs reached approximately £34.5 million, describing it as "exceptionally high" and "unprecedented." The judge, Matthew Nicklin, rejected the claimants' request to pay on a standard basis, instead favoring the publisher's stricter "indemnity" basis for cost reimbursement.
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