Prince Harry and others launch appeal after losing Daily Mail phone-hacking claim

Harry, Doreen Lawrence, Elton John, David Furnish, Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost face £50m bill after ruling

Prince Harry and five other prominent figures have launched a legal challenge against a judge’s verdict in their unsuccessful claims against the Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers.

Harry, Doreen Lawrence, the mother of the murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence, the singer Elton John and his husband, David Furnish, and the actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost faced a legal bill of more than £50m after losing their case claiming that Mail journalists used unlawful methods to source stories.