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A UK court ordered Prince Harry, Elton John, and others to pay $13 million as initial costs after losing an invasion of privacy lawsuit against the Daily Mail.
A UK court ordered Prince Harry, Elton John, and others to pay $13 million in initial costs after losing an invasion of privacy lawsuit against the Daily Mail. The lawsuit alleged the tabloid illegally obtained private information. The court sided with the Daily Mail, and the losers now pay the newspaper's legal fees. Harry's legal team immediately said they would appeal.
Privacy litigation against tabloids is expensive and rarely succeeds at trial. Harry's loss and the cost order mean he'll spend millions more appealing a decision a trial court already made. The Daily Mail wins twice: on the merits and then again on costs. For wealthy plaintiffs like Harry or Elton John, cost orders are painful but manageable. For ordinary people, they're prohibitive—which is why tabloid privacy abuses usually go unchallenged.
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