A High Court judge has ordered Prince Harry, Elton John, and five other claimants to pay about £9.54 million ($13 million) in interim legal costs to the Daily Mail publisher after ruling their privacy lawsuit was pursued unreasonably.

The publisher denied the allegations as preposterous smears and argued the claims fell outside the paper’s practices.

No final decision on appeals has been announced, leaving open whether the claimants will challenge the ruling.

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The financial burden is framed as upcoming and potentially rising if costs go beyond the initial amount.

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