Meghan Markle was not defended against stories about her when she was an older royalty because some of them were true, it had been claimed.
The Duchess of Sussex has said she felt “unprotected” by the royal family from the stream of stories about her, in court documents that emerged on Thursday, so her friends went to People magazine to defend her.
But The times She has reported that Kensington Palace was unable to defend her because some of the stories were true.
According to the newspapers, the duchess was unhappy about the stories about her deteriorating relationship with the palace staff, as well as the comments made about her by her half-sister Samantha Grant.
Referring to reports that a palace employee had been crying over Meghan’s lawsuit, a source told the Times: “The stories were a drop in the ocean compared to what was happening.”
The source also told the newspaper that the “institution” for which Meghan felt unprotected refers to the media team rather than members of the Royal Family.
Meghan, 38, is also reported to have wanted something to be done about the interviews her half-sister was conducting, but the palace is unlikely to become involved with them.
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Meghan announced legal action against Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) after Mail On Sunday, and MailOnline released excerpts from a letter she sent to her father after her wedding to Prince Harry.
She claims that there was a violation of copyright and the misuse of private information in the printing of parts of the letter.
ANL has said it will dispute the case, and says it was not misused because the letter had been referenced in an interview that five friends of Meghan’s had conducted with People magazine.
The duchess has said she did not authorize the interview, and previously said she did not know until she appeared.
Meghan was the subject of many headlines after it was discovered that her father, Thomas Markle, had placed photographs of paparazzi near her home in Mexico.
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Since then, he has claimed that he has not been contacted by his daughter, though in court documents, she explains how she has tried to contact him, including how she arranged for him to attend her wedding in May 2018.
It was also learned in the newspapers that Markle has known neither Prince Harry nor the Sussex’s son Archie.
Meghan and Harry marked the last hearing in their court case, which she lost, and the duchess subsequently had to cross out parts of her application against ANL.
