A Hong Kong court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a local woman who sought to claim over HK$1 trillion from the late Queen Elizabeth II, former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, and U.S. President Donald Trump. The case was dropped after neither the plaintiff nor the defendants appeared in court.
The plaintiff, Yung Man-yi, alleged in her filing that she served as the official brand designer for both the late Queen and Trump, claiming unpaid salaries, royalties, and property rents dating back to 2019. She also accused Abe of failing to pay copyright fees for multiple industries, including Japanese trains and luxury fashion brands.
According to court documents, Yung’s claims included six years of unpaid wages totaling HK$600 million from both the Queen and Trump, 1,500 hotel buffet vouchers, 24 boxes of Qing Dynasty 24K gold ingots, and rents from Tsuen Wan and Lam Tin shopping malls amounting to HK$200 billion. She also alleged the Queen purchased 52 gold crowns from Chow Tai Fook without authorization.
The addresses listed for the defendants ranged from Kowloon Hospital Authority Building and a Tsuen Wan hotel for the Queen, to a local law firm and private apartment for Trump, and a Dior store and a Tsuen Wan elderly home for Abe. The hearing, held before a High Court master, drew a full public gallery, with some lawyers attending out of curiosity after other hearings.
The court ruled that the absence of the plaintiff indicated no intention to pursue the application for a default judgment and formally dismissed the claim, bringing the extraordinary case to a close under case number HCA2271/2025.
