{"id":2491995,"date":"2026-07-07T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2491995"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:02:00","slug":"prince-harry-elton-john-and-others-lose-case-against-daily-mail-publisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-harry-elton-john-and-others-lose-case-against-daily-mail-publisher\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry, Elton John and others lose case against Daily Mail publisher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ttsIcon-cIBsl\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 5 minutes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"toggletip-tKLKF ttsToggleTip-DSCNQ\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"toggletipInfoButton-yoX4E\" aria-label=\"More information\" aria-controls=\":R89qn5:\" aria-describedby=\":R89qn5:\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M11 7H13V9H11V7ZM11 11H13V17H11V11ZM12 2C6.48 2 2 6.48 2 12C2 17.52 6.48 22 12 22C17.52 22 22 17.52 22 12C22 6.48 17.52 2 12 2ZM12 20C7.59 20 4 16.41 4 12C4 7.59 7.59 4 12 4C16.41 4 20 7.59 20 12C20 16.41 16.41 20 12 20Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Prince Harry, \u200cthe younger son \u200bof King \u200bCharles, and other \u200bhigh-profile British figures \u2060on \u2060Tuesday \u200clost their privacy \u2060lawsuits against the Daily Mail&#8217;s \u200cpublisher that had alleged widespread \u200bunlawful behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Singer Elton John and his Canadian husband, David Furnish, as well as actors Sadie Frost and Elizabeth Hurley were among the others suing the publisher. They alleged dozens of stories about them \u200cpublished by Associated Newspapers in the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday from \u200bthe 1990s to 2011 were based on \u2060information that had been obtained \u2060unlawfully.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Matthew Nicklin \u2060said \u2060in a summary of \u200bhis ruling that the claimants had needed to prove that information published about \u200bthem had been \u2060obtained unlawfully, but suspicion was not enough.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The court rejected the argument that, simply because information was private, and because Associated could not positively explain how it had been sourced, the relevant article must have been unlawfully sourced,&#8221; the \u2060summary said.<\/p>\n<p>Harry held back \u2060tears <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/prince-harry-court-9.7054588\" target=\"_blank\">in the witness box \u200cin January<\/a> as he said the Daily Mail had made his wife Meghan&#8217;s life &#8220;an absolute misery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Associated Newspapers said the allegations \u2060were \u2060smears and the \u200bclaims against it were dismissed in \u200btheir \u2060entirety on Tuesday, in what the publisher called &#8220;an overwhelming victory for the Daily Mail and its journalists.&#8221; <\/p>\n<h2>Split verdicts with tabloids<\/h2>\n<p>The case was the final outstanding case in a flurry of lawsuits Harry has filed, accusing tabloid publishers of using unlawful tactics.<\/p>\n<p>Harry was previously awarded 140,600 pounds (about $240,430 Cdn)\u00a0after the High Court ruled he had been a victim of &#8220;modest&#8221; phone-hacking and other unlawful information gathering by journalists at Britain&#8217;s Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Harry <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/prince-harry-court-tabloids-phone-hacking-1.6868047\" target=\"_blank\">became the first British royal to give evidence at a trial in 130 years<\/a>, when he testified as part of the case.<\/p>\n<div><em><strong>WATCH | Visit overshadowed by palace intrigue:<\/strong><\/em><span><span class=\"mediaEmbed\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"player-placeholder-ui-container  \" data-cy=\"player-placeholder-ui-container\">\n<div class=\"player-placeholder-video-ui\" title=\"Prince Harry not staying at Buckingham Palace during U.K. trip\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:1.7778;--max-height:800px\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"player-placeholder-ui\">\n<div class=\"video-item video-card-overlay\" title=\"Prince Harry not staying at Buckingham Palace during U.K. trip\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/a21e41b2-c380-493c-aec2-c6565fe4039d,1783362339119\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"thumbnail\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-card-overlay-container\">\n<div class=\"video-info-container\">\n<p class=\"video-item-title\">Prince Harry not staying at Buckingham Palace during U.K. trip<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-caption\">Prince Harry&#8217;s upcoming trip to the U.K. won&#8217;t include a stay at Buckingham Palace, but why his accommodation is changing remains unclear. The King&#8217;s son is returning home to promote the Invictus Games.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>In another case, the Rupert Murdoch-led News Group in the U.K. offered a &#8220;full and unequivocal apology to the Duke of Sussex&#8221; for &#8220;the phone hacking, surveillance and misuse of private information by journalists and private investigators instructed by them.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Harry alleged News Groups Newspapers (NGN) unlawfully obtained private information about him from 1996 to 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The court had earlier rejected an allegation made in a court filing that Murdoch&#8217;s newspaper group had a secret deal with Buckingham Palace to block royals from filing such lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>Harry admitted in a British documentary that the crusade against the tabloids had been &#8220;part of a rift&#8221; with members of the Royal family.<\/p>\n<p>King Charles opposed the litigation, Harry has said in legal filings.<\/p>\n<p>Harry has long spoken out about his anger about press intrusion, which he blames for the death of his mother, Princess Diana, who was killed in 1997 when the car she was riding in crashed as it sped away from paparazzi in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>John, too, has faced off with the British tabloids, in legal battles dating back to the 1980s. In 2006, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2006\/may\/24\/dailymail.pressandpublishing\" target=\"_blank\">the Daily Mail agreed to pay the singer<\/a> libel damages and legal costs due to a false report regarding a fundraising event.<\/p>\n<p>Furnish and John&#8217;s case in this instance relates to 10 articles published between 2002 and 2015, including a 2007 story in the Mail about a concert to mark the 10th \u200danniversary of the death of Princess Diana.<\/p>\n<p>Furnish, from Toronto, said in testimony earlier this year that the Mail titles had been &#8220;actively homophobic&#8221; about their relationship.  <\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"imageMedia-IspZw imageMedia image full\">\n<div class=\"placeholder-cWBmZ placeholder\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/065d0e31-cdf3-457c-afbe-d604abff0a13,1783401919249\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C5484%2C3496%29%3BResize%3D796\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A man in a blue shirt and black baseball cap walks with a woman in a striped blue shirt on a dock, followed by a small crowd.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/065d0e31-cdf3-457c-afbe-d604abff0a13,1783401919249\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C5484%2C3496%29%3BResize%3D796 796w,https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/065d0e31-cdf3-457c-afbe-d604abff0a13,1783401919249\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C5484%2C3496%29%3BResize%3D1083 1083w,https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/065d0e31-cdf3-457c-afbe-d604abff0a13,1783401919249\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C5484%2C3496%29%3BResize%3D1280 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) calc(100vw - 32px),730px\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/065d0e31-cdf3-457c-afbe-d604abff0a13,1783401919249\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C5484%2C3496%29%3B\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.568649885583524\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption\">Harry and his wife Meghan arrive at Rushcutters Bay following a sail on the harbour in Sydney, Australia, on April 17. Meghan and the couple&#8217;s children are not accompanying Harry on his U.K. visit.<!-- --> <!-- -->(Hollie Adams\/Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Harry is in the U.K., visiting London and Birmingham for a series \u200bof charity engagements, including for the Invictus Games, the Paralympic-style competition he founded for military veterans around the world. The event was held in British Columbia last year, and is scheduled to take place in Birmingham next year.<\/p>\n<p>The visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/prince-harry-uk-trip-9.7259523\" target=\"_blank\">sparked speculation<\/a> as to whether \u2060the estranged royal would \u2060spend time with his father, who has rarely seen his grandchildren Archie and Lilibet, born to Harry&#8217;s American wife. The family is based in California.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days it has emerged that Harry&#8217;s family wouldn&#8217;t be in the U.K. for the trip, and that the Duke of Sussex would not stay at Buckingham Palace during his visit.<\/p>\n<p>Harry has also faced battles over his level of security while in the U.K. British authorities say Harry isn&#8217;t entitled to blanket protection because he is no longer a working member of the Royal family and that they assess his security on a case-by-case basis, just like any other celebrity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.cbc.ca \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. 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