Harry, Elton John Ordered to Pay £9.54M to Daily Mail
The High Court in London ordered Prince Harry and six other celebrities, including singer Elton John, to pay £9.5 million ($13 million) to Associated Newspapers, which publishes the Daily Mail.
Consensus
- Prince Harry, Elton John, and six other plaintiffs lost a High Court case against Associated Newspapers.
- The court ruled in favor of Associated Newspapers, the publisher of Daily Mail.
- The plaintiffs were ordered to pay £9.54M in legal costs.
- The first payment is due by 28 August.
- The case involved allegations of illegal phone tapping and privacy invasion from 1993 to 2011.
- The court found that the plaintiffs failed to prove that information was obtained unlawfully.
- The plaintiffs included Prince Harry, Elton John, David Furnish, Liz Hurley, Simon Hughes, Sadie Frost, and Dorin Lawrence.
- The case was part of a series of lawsuits filed by Prince Harry against British tabloids.
- The total legal costs are estimated at £34.5M ($47M).
Points of divergence
- If the plaintiffs do not file an appeal by 2 October, they may have to pay an additional £25M. — tg_bbcrussian
- The plaintiffs may have to pay up to £25M in the future, according to BBC. — meduza
- The total legal costs are estimated at £34,5M ($47M). — kommerzant
- The initial payment was set at £9.54M ($13.075M), after negotiations between the parties. — vedomosti
- The court ordered the plaintiffs to pay €11.1M (approximately). — meduza
- The plaintiffs were ordered to pay $13M. — tg_tass_agency
Coverage (6 sources)
- 9.54 million pounds to be paid by Prince Harry, Elton John and five other plaintiffs to tabloid Daily Mail after lost case on eavesdropping... — The Insider
- Prince Harry and Elton John must pay Daily Mail $13 million — Коммерсантъ
- Prince Harry and Elton John ordered to pay $13 million to Daily Mail publisher — Ведомости
- Elton John, Prince Harry and five others must urgently pay tabloid £9.5 million — BBC News Русская служба
- Prince Harry, singer Elton John and a number of other celebrities who accused publisher of The Daily Mail of hacking... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Court ordered Prince Harry and six other plaintiffs to pay 11 million euros to Daily Mail publisher. They lost a privacy rights case — Meduza
Key entities
- Prince Harry
- Elton John
- Daily Mail
- London
- The Daily Mail
- High Court
- Sky News
- Associated Newspapers
- Liz Herli
- Court
- TASS