United KingdomPrince Harry and a group of seven high-profile individuals, including Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Sir Elton John, and Elizabeth Hurley, have agreed to pay £9.5 million in legal costs to Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), the publisher of the Daily Mail. The settlement comes after a protracted 11-week High Court trial where the group claimed ANL engaged in unlawful information gathering. The court dismissed their claims, finding them speculative and unsubstantiated. On 21 August, Judge Mr Justice Nicklin ordered the group to contribute £9.544,355 towards ANL's costs, citing the 'unjustifiably wide canvas' of their litigation and the 'public presentation of allegations of serious criminality and impropriety' that were not proven. The judge criticized the group's persistent pursuit of unfounded claims and the lawyers' actions in putting unpleaded allegations to witnesses. ANL described the ruling as a 'devastating critique' of attempts to damage the newspaper and its staff.
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