Prince Harry, others to pay $13m in initial Daily Mail legal fees

CNN ^ | August 21, 2026 | Max Foster

[MinorityRepublican]

Prince Harry and six other high-profile figures will have to make an initial payment of £9.5 million ($13 million) toward the legal costs of a British tabloid publisher after losing a high-stakes case against them last month, a UK High Court judge ruled Friday. CNN's Max Foster reports.

[aynrandfreak]

Maybe this is the real reason they’re going back to the UK

[mewzilla]

The judge allowed indemnity costs, which will raise the butcher’s bill a lot.

No info yet on whether or not the plaintiffs’ insurer is going to cough up.

If they do, that’s not going to look good after what the plaintiffs and their attorneys pulled.

I seriously doubt the plaintiffs came clean with their insurer about certain details.

[Ezekiel]

♫ Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't fail
I owe my soul to the Daily Mail ♪

[Leaning Right]

$13 million as just the initial payment. Wow.

Will Meghan have to go back to making mostly forgettable movies?

The article doesn’t say.
🤔

[Bonemaker]

What is Hairy’s source of money in the first place?

[Slicksadick]

Britain has a million issues, but “loser pays” is not one of them...

[Vaduz]

Yes their shot at business and Hollywood failed we go home now.

[ronniesgal]

cant wait until he takes the dutchess and their kids back to the motherland.
Im sure Wills and Kate can’t wait!

[SaveFerris]

Prince Harry and Megan Markle
just want to be left alone!!!

🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

C’mon man!!

[dfwgator]

[nuconvert]

Just saw that she’s in talks with Netflix to do a new series.

[MinorityRepublican]

Name?

[Billthedrill]

Not much meat in the CNN article, but for those who were as curious as I was, the Brave AI yielded:

The seven high-profile claimants involved in the lawsuit against Associated Newspapers Limited were:

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
Elton John, musician
David Furnish, film producer and Elton John’s husband
Elizabeth Hurley, actress and model
Sadie Frost, actress
Doreen Lawrence, campaigner and mother of Stephen Lawrence
Simon Hughes, former Liberal Democrat politician

The accusation was illegal information gathering. It didn't help that the plaitiffs' star witness recanted his earlier testimony.

[nuconvert]

I think its called The Gentlemen

[SaveFerris]

WE WANT PRIVACY!!!!

[MinorityRepublican]

You're right. Just found an article at the Daily Mail.

Interesting.

I guess it's not going to matter because they're no longer a part of the Royal Family.

[SunkenCiv]

• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving back to the UK this MONTH [08/19/2026]
• Prince Harry and Meghan moving back to the U.K. [08/19/2026]

[mass55th]

"Maybe this is the real reason they’re going back to the UK."

That was my first thought too when I saw this article.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Elton John until recently when Elton got sick of it and cut off the spigot.