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The Duchess of Sussex faces a huge bill over her privacy case in Superior Court.
Meghan has already racked up costs of £ 1.8 million.
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She is suing the Mail on Sunday for publishing a letter she wrote to her estranged father in 2018.
The newspaper will also count the costs of £ 1.2 million, documents published in court revealed.
Judge, teacher Francesca Kaye, called the bills “excessive and disproportionate.”
He added that, despite those involved, the case was a “personal dispute” without “any broader public interest.”
Meghan, 39, is expected to face her father Thomas Markle, 76, during the 10-day trial in January.
His legal costs include £ 524,000 for trial preparation and £ 304,700 for the trial itself, along with £ 200,000 to take the case to court, £ 190,000 for disclosure and £ 104,110 in depositions.
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Meghan fired attorney David Sherborne this month and replaced him with Justin Rushbrooke QC.
He was previously told to pay the newspaper’s £ 67,000 costs after losing a previous hearing.
The Duchess is suing for violation of privacy, copyright and data protection.
Meghan ‘involved in the book’
MEGHAN collaborated on the explosive book Finding Freedom about her and Harry, it is claimed.
The accusation was made in his case against the newspaper he is suing for printing excerpts from his handwritten letter to Father Thomas Markle.
Mail on Sunday’s lawyers say he had informed friends who revealed his content in a “favorable” interview with a US celebrity magazine.
The newspaper filed an amended defense statement regarding its participation in Finding Freedom.
Antony White QC suggested that the details of the book could not have been written without Meghan’s “extensive cooperation”.
Co-author Omid Scobie will be questioned about the denials that Meghan and Harry contributed during the trial next year.
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