Duke of Sussex and other celebrities face wait over size of legal fees payment to Mail publisher

Prince Harry faces huge legal bill along with six other high-profile figures

The cases returned to the High Court this week for a two-day hearing over costs, where the court was told ANL’s total costs were more than £34 million

The duke and a group of six others unsuccessfully sued the newspaper’s publisher over allegations of unlawful information-gathering.

In his ruling rejecting the case, Judge Matthew Nicklin says the claimants had needed to prove that information published about them had been obtained unlawfully, but had failed to do so, and that suspicion alone was not enough

Court hears that Associated Newspapers had incurred a legal bill of £34.5m (€40.2m), while claimants only have an insurance policy which covers £16m

The battle over costs comes after a judge comprehensively ruled against the prince and six other high-profile figures and rejected phone-hacking allegations they made against the newspapers.

The battle over costs comes after a judge comprehensively ruled against the prince and six other high-profile figures and rejected phone-hacking allegations they made against the newspapers.

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Harry, along with Elton John and Elizabeth Hurley, lost a lawsuit against the Daily Mail publisher earlier this month.

Associated’s lawyer argues costs should be paid on an indemnity basis, under which the losing party must cover the other side’s charges without need to show they were proportionate

Duke of Sussex’s case against Mail publisher to return to court after ruling  ITVX