A group of high-profile figures including Prince Harry have been ordered to pay an initial £9.5m to the Daily Mail’s publisher in legal costs after their failed High Court case.
The Duke of Sussex, along with six others including Sir Elton John and Baroness Doreen Lawrence, had sued Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) over allegations of unlawful information gathering.
ANL strongly denied the claims, which were heard at an 11-week trial in London earlier this year, with judge Mr Justice Nicklin dismissing all the cases in a judgment on 7 July.
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The cases returned to the High Court for a two-day hearing over costs, where the court was told ANL’s total costs were more than £34m.
