CNN's Max Foster reports on the legal battle between UK tabloid publisher Associated Newspapers and six high-profile celebrities, including Prince Harry, Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley. The celebrities have been ordered by a UK court to make an initial payment of $13 million toward Associated Newspapers' legal costs for making unproven claims about its reporting. Read more at the link in our bio.
A High Court judge has ordered Prince Harry and six fellow claimants to begin paying millions in legal costs to the Daily Mail's publisher after ruling their failed hacking case was conducted in a manner "unreasonable to a high degree", a rare rebuke that could leave the group facing a bill approaching £50 million. Mr […] The post Prince Harry and co-claimants ordered to pay millions after judge condemns failed Daily Mail lawsuit as 'unreasonable to a high degree' appeared first on American Almanac .
A High Court judge has ordered Prince Harry and six fellow claimants to begin paying millions in legal costs to the Daily Mail's publisher after ruling their failed hacking case was conducted in a manner "unreasonable to a high degree", a rare rebuke that could leave the group facing a bill approaching £50 million. Mr Justice Nicklin handed down the costs ruling on August 17, 2026, granting Associated Newspapers an indemnity costs order, a measure reserved for cases pursued improperly, and directing the claimants to make a first payment of £9,544,355 within seven days. The judge declined to cap the total amount the publisher can claim, and he found that the claimants had pressed serious criminal allegations against Mail journalists even…Open
Harry and six other high-profile figures lost a privacy lawsuit against Associated Newspapers. They may eventually have to pay more than twice the initial sum, a judge said.
The case brought by Harry and other celebrities against Associated Newspapers was one of several legal battles that the prince has fought against British tabloids in recent years.
