Key Facts

• Prince Harry and six others sued Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, over privacy violations.
• They claimed the newspapers used unlawful methods to collect information for articles.
• The High Court judge said the claimants did not prove illegal information gathering.
• The judge accepted explanations given by the newspapers' journalists about how they got the information.
• The court did not decide if unlawful information gathering was widespread at the newspapers.
• Several well-known people joined the case, including Elton John, Liz Hurley, Sadie Frost, and Baroness Doreen Lawrence.
• Prince Harry testified that some articles caused distress to him and his family.
• The court ruled that suspicion alone is not enough to prove unlawful activity.