NewzPrince Harry, Sir Elton John, and five other high-profile claimants have been ordered to pay an initial £9.5 million (approximately US$13 million) to Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail. The costs stem from their unsuccessful privacy and unlawful information gathering claims brought before the High Court in London.
Judge Matthew Nicklin ruled that the claimants must cover the publisher's legal expenses out of their own pockets after determining that the lawsuits were conducted in an unreasonable manner. The financial penalty marks a significant legal defeat for the group following the dismissal of their high-profile case.
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