Prince Harry and six others ordered to pay initial £9.5m to Daily Mail publisher

Prince Harry and six other claimants, including Sir Elton John and Liz Hurley, have been ordered to pay an initial £9.5 million to Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers following their loss in a High Court privacy case. The group could face additional payments of up to £25 million, bringing potential total costs to significantly higher amounts. The ruling represents a major legal defeat for the celebrities in their privacy litigation against the publisher.