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Duchess Meghan (39) filed a lawsuit in the 2019 Associated Newspapers.
The reason is that they publish Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, and she believed that they had violated her privacy by publishing parts of a letter that she had sent to Thomas Markle, her father.
On Thursday, she was confirmed in court for civil cases, writes Sky News. According to the court, the newspaper invaded the privacy of the Duchess by publishing the letter.
Blacklist of major newspapers
According to the AP news agency, the judge said Meghan “had reasonable expectations that the content of the letter would be kept private. The Mail articles disrupted reasonable expectations.
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The duchess asked the court for a so-called “summary judgment,” which means a decision outside of full trial.
Thursday’s decision means that Meghan apparently does not have to meet with her own father in court to testify against him. On the other hand, the judge has requested a “limited trial” to decide the part of the lawsuit that deals with copyright.
The letter is said to have contained a prayer from Meghan to her father to stay away from the press and the hope that they could resolve the family relationship. Avisa has published cases about the duchess’s father several times. Among other things, they have falsified paparazzi photographs of him, to create false stories.
War against the tabloids
The case has had several twists and turns since the lawsuit was filed in October 2019. The judge denied Meghan several points. Among them was that the duke couple thought they were exposed to propaganda, a charge that the court rejected.
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However, the judge convinced Meghan to keep five of her friends anonymous. They testified in the case, and the Duchess believed there was no basis for publishing their names.
In February, Prince Harry also won his lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday.
He reached a settlement with the newspaper’s editors, after they accused him of turning his back on the navy after he and the duchess withdrew from the British royal household last year.
In late 2020, Avisa published an apology to the prince, after it emerged that the prince had been in contact with the navy.
