Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that MGN to pay around £2M to Prince Harry for losing the ‘generic’ part of the case.
King Charles’ younger son, who became the first senior British royal for 130 years to give evidence in court when he appeared at a trial in June, was originally awarded £140,600 (RM844,400) after the judge agreed he had been unlawfully targeted by MGN journalists.
Harry was one of about 100 claimants – including actors, sports stars, celebrities and people who simply had a connection to high-profile figures – who have sued MGN, and he and three others were chosen as test cases.
Judge Timothy Fancourt concluded in December there had been widespread hacking and unlawful activities at MGN, such as “blagging”, or gaining information by deception, from 1996 until 2011, even carrying on while a public inquiry into illicit practices at British newspapers was taking place.
Harry’s attempt to hire a UK police guard cost £502,326 ($1.36 million) to defend. But the news outlet alleges he plans to contest the decision later this year, which could incur another £500,000 ($1 million).
Last month he lost a legal bid over his security after trying to use the Met Police as “private bodyguards for the wealthy”.
Whatever shreds of favour Prince Harry may have held with the British people are likely in tatters as the sum of his personal security efforts are revealed.
According to The Sun the US-based prince’s complaints in the British High Court are on track to cost the UK taxpayer more than £1 million ($2 million).
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