Prince Harry and several other public figures have asked England's Court of Appeal for permission to challenge a High Court ruling that dismissed their privacy claims against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail, Sky News reported Friday¹.

A spokesperson representing Harry, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Sir Elton John, David Furnish, Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost said the group filed applications that day, Sky reported¹.

The applications target Mr Justice Nicklin's dismissal of the claims and an indemnity costs order, according to the statement Sky quoted¹.

Court staff confirmed a bid to appeal the rulings had been filed at the Court of Appeal, Sky reported¹.

The claimants said they "respectfully disagree with those unprecedented decisions, which they consider to be legally and factually flawed," according to Sky¹.

In July, Nicklin said the claimants had failed to prove allegations of unlawful information gathering, and the claims were dismissed, Sky reported¹.

Associated Newspapers strongly denied the claims, which Sky said were heard at an 11-week trial in London earlier this year¹.

Sky said that in an August decision the judge ruled the group had to pay £9,544,355 within seven days as an initial contribution to the publisher's costs ahead of further hearings¹.

Sky's Friday dispatch was still being updated and did not include a fresh on-record response from Associated Newspapers to the appeal filings¹.

Reuters also published a report Friday on Harry seeking to appeal the dismissal; that page could not be read in full here, so its additional detail is not restated².