MEGHAN MARKLE WINS PRIVACY CLAIM AGAINST BRITISH NEWSPAPER

Thu 11 February 2021:

A British judge ruled Thursday (local time) that a newspaper invaded Duchess of Sussex’s privacy by publishing personal letter to her estranged father.

Judge Mark Warby said Associated Newspapers misused the duchess’ private information in five February 2019 articles in the Mail on Sunday and on the MailOnline website, which published portions of a handwritten letter to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, after her 2018 wedding to Prince Harry.

A judge at the High Court in London said the Duchess of Sussex, who is married to Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson Prince Harry, “had a reasonable expectation that the contents of the letter would remain private”.

Thursday’s ruling means Meghan has won her case on privacy grounds, but the judge said a “limited trial” should be held to decide some of the copyright issues.