Will Prince Harry, Meghan Markle's UK return heal royal family rifts?
Harry and Meghan are returning to the U.K. six years after leaving for California.
On July 7, a UK court ordered Prince Harry and six other high-profile individuals to pay £9.5 million ($13 million) in an initial interim costs payment after losing a privacy case against the Daily Mail. The claimants, which included Elton John and his husband David Furnish, actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost, alleged that the Mail had bugged their cars, homes, listened to their phone calls, and accessed their bank accounts and medical records.
However, the publisher Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) denied all allegations. After an 11-week trial, Judge Matthew Nicklin ruled in favor of ANL, stating that the plaintiffs had failed to prove their claims. The court also noted that ANL's total legal costs had reached £34.5 million, calling it "exceptionally high" and "unprecedented."
The claimants have until Saturday, August 28, to make the payment, with the final cost determination to be made by a separate costs judge if the amount is not agreed upon.
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