Bono and prince met developers on yacht

Bono joined two businessmen and a billionaire Saudi prince on a yacht in the south of France as a multimillion-pound deal to sell one of the world’s most famous hotels was finalised, a British High Court judge was told yesterday.

The U2 lead singer sat with property developers Patrick McKillen and Derek Quinlan in Cannes as they concluded negotiations for the £230m (€281m) sale of The Savoy to Al-Waleed bin Talal in 2004, Mr Justice David Richards heard.

The judge was hearing evidence in a legal battle between businessmen at the helm of a firm which owns the London hotels.