The prosecution was financed by Sir James GoldsmithMarcel Berlins, "Price of backing a loser", The Guardian, 31 January 2000. and Taki, The Spectator columnist. David Davis, then a director of Tate and Lyle, persuaded that company to donate a sum to the cause. Lord Harris of High Cross (who helped to finance Hamilton's failed libel action against Mohammed Al-Fayed 13 years later), also raised approximately £100,000.
The prosecution was finan?ced by Sir James GoldsmithMarc?el Berlins, "Price of backing a loser", The Guardian, 31 January 2000. and Taki, The Spectator columnist. David Davis, then a director of Tate and Lyle, persuaded that company to donate a sum to the cause. Lord Harris of High Cross (who helped to finance Hamilton's failed libel action against Mohammed Al-Fayed 13 years later), also raised approx?imately £100,000.