Meghan Markle.Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImage
Meghan Marklecould soon find out if she might one day face her dad across a London courtroom.
Meghan, 39, issuing the Mail on Sunday’s publishers Associated Newspapers for invasion of privacy, infringement of data protection rights and copyright infringement for printing extracts of what her lawyers describe as a “private and confidential” letter sent to her father, Thomas Markle, in August 2018 — three months after her wedding toPrince Harry.
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On Thursday afternoon in London, the Duchess of Sussex may find out if her application has been successful.
If the application fails, then the exact opposite happens – opening up the possibility that Meghan may find herself sitting in London’s High Court opposite her father, Thomas Markle, in the fall of 2021.
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The announcement is the latest stage in Meghan’s case against Associated Newspapers, which first began in September 2019.
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During the summary judgment hearing in January, Meghan’s attorney, Justin Rushbrooke, argued that Meghan’s letter to her father was “intrinsically private, personal and sensitive” and that printing extracts of the letter constituted “a triple-barrelled invasion of her privacy rights.”
It was “a heartfelt plea from an anguished daughter to her father,” Rushbrooke added.
In response, Antony White, representing Associated Newspapers, described Meghan’s litigation as “wholly unsuitable for summary judgment” in a written submission.
White added that there were a number of “significant factual matters” which needed to be investigated at trial “in relation to the circumstances in which the letter was written and the extent to which she (Meghan) had disclosed information about the letter with a view to publication.”
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend the Mountbatten Music Festival in March 2020.
On Feb. 1, Meghan’s husband,Prince Harry, received “substantial damages” from Associated Newspapers over claims that he “turned his back” on the British Armed Forces afterstepping away from front-line royal dutiesin March 2020.
A remote hearing at the High Court in London heard that Associated Newspapers accepted the claims made in two “almost identical” articles published in October 2020 were “false.”
“Today, The Mail on Sunday and MailOnline publicly admitted in open court that they pushed a completely false and defamatory story,” a spokesman for the Duke of Sussex said in a statement. “They’ve apologised for questioning The Duke of Sussex’s commitment to the Royal Marines and British Armed Forces. The truth is that The Duke’s commitment to the military community is unquestionable.”
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source: people.com
