Prince Harry, Elton John and other celebrities hit with initial $13 million bill after losing case against UK tabloid

Prince Harry and six other high-profile figures will have to make an initial payment of £9.5 million ($13 million) toward the legal costs of a British tabloid publisher after losing a high-stakes case against them last month, a UK High Court judge ruled Friday. The group – which also includes Elton John and his husband, David Furnish – lost a case against the publisher of the Daily Mail over allegations of unlawful information gathering for stories published between 1997 and 2015, and now faces a multimillion dollar bill. This figure, which must be paid to Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) by 4 p.m. on August 28, is only an initial sum and not the full total the group will eventually pay, the court said in its ruling.