Prince Harry’s return to the United Kingdom comes at a particularly sensitive time. As the Duke of Sussex prepares to spend more time in the country with his wife Meghan Markle and their children Archie and Lilibet, a serious consequence of his legal battle against the Daily Mail’s publishing group has arrived from the High Court in London: Harry and the other six claimants must pay a total of £9.54 million, around €11 million, as an initial payment towards the publisher’s legal costs.
The sum is not linked to the Sussexes’ move to the United Kingdom, but to their defeat in the case against Associated Newspapers, the group that publishes the Daily Mail, the Mail on Sunday and MailOnline. Harry, Elton John, David Furnish, Liz Hurley and the other key figures in the proceedings had accused the publisher of having violated their privacy over many years through alleged unlawful methods used to obtain information about their private lives.
