Prince Harry and six others face huge legal bill after losing privacy case

The claimants lost a High Court case in London last month during which they had alleged malpractice, such as the illegal hacking of phones, on the part of Associated Newspapers.

Prince Harry and six other public figures face paying up to £34.5m to the publisher of the Daily Mail after a High Court judge imposed an exceptional order for legal costs over their failed privacy case.

The seven claimants, who include Sir Elton John and Liz Hurley, have to pay the Daily Mail publisher an initial £9.54m in the next seven days after losing a privacy case.

The party scrambled to submit three years of overdue financial reports to avoid the risk of being deregistered by the Queensland government.

The party scrambled to submit three years of overdue financial reports to avoid the risk of being deregistered by the Queensland government.