
UK newspapers cover a judge's ruling on Prince Harry's legal costs, the potential collapse of a criminal investigation into Lord Mandelson, and criticism regarding MPs accepting significant hospitality despite previous public outcry.
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The Duke of Sussex has been involved in multiple privacy lawsuits against British newspaper publishers. MPs have previously faced scrutiny regarding the acceptance of gifts and hospitality.
The Daily Mail splashes on the judge's ruling about costs in the Duke of Sussex's failed privacy claim against the paper's publishers, Associated Newspapers. The paper calls it "The Day of Reckoning", saying the claimants - including Prince Harry and Elton John - will now have to pay "millions to the Mail". It says the ruling is a "disaster" for the duke.
The Times argues the claimants' legal insurance only covers up to £16.2 million. That would leave a possible shortfall of £18m in the total potentially demanded by the publisher. The paper also suggests the ruling threatens to overshadow the duke and duchess' announcement that they will soon return to Britain.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the criminal investigation into whether Lord Mandelson passed confidential government information to Jeffrey Epstein is at risk of collapse. Scotland Yard detectives are said to believe it is increasingly unlikely that the US Department of Justice will hand over key unredacted Epstein files which may be needed to charge the former Labour cabinet minister with misconduct in public office. Lord Mandelson has denied any wrongdoing.
According to the Guardian, MPs have accepted almost £400,000 worth of hospitality to concerts and sporting events this year. The paper said they had failed to learn lessons from the outcry when Sir Keir Starmer accepted football tickets and clothing in 2024. Louise Haigh, Lucy Powell and Wes Streeting are among those who have accepted tickets. Labour said declarations had been in line with parliamentary rules.

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