Prince Harry gets 'excessive' ruling from court

In his legal battle against the British tabloids, Prince Harry received a ruling from the court that orders to rein in the expense he's determined to spend.

The Duke of Sussex, along with other high-profile claimants, is set to spend £ 18.7 million against Associated Newspaper Limited, which owns Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, on Sunday.

But the two judges of the High Court in London stated the case in which the publisher was accused of unlawful snooping in their lives is "manifestly excessive" and "disproportionate."

Not to mention, the company also aimed to spend £ 19.8 million in the lawsuit, which they strongly denied. 

These developments led the officials to restrict the claimants to nearly £4.1 million and ANL some £4.5 million in the trial, which will go on the floors in 2026, FT reported.

In a 10-page ruling, Judge Cook, along with Justice Nicklin, said the legal claims were "The fact that these claimants are well-known, and the litigation high-profile, does not affect the issues that must be resolved."

The judges also noted in the wake of The Sun publisher News Group Newspapers' unconditional apology to Harry before the start of the trial, the ANL case appeared tricky, given its "entrenched positions," the similar settlement appeared to be difficult.

"Costs management is not an exercise of reducing the parties' costs to an irreducible minimum but setting reasonable and proportionate parameters," Cook concluded.