A UK judge ruled that a British tabloid invaded Meghan Markle’s privacy by publishing her emotional letter to her distant father.
The 39-year-old Duchess of Sussex sued Associated Newspapers – the parent company of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday – in 2019 after they published parts of a handwritten note she wrote to her father Thomas Markle in August 2018. after he did, don’t go to her wedding with Prince Harry.
Supreme Court judge Mark Warby supported the former American actress when she discovered that she “had a reasonable expectation that the letter’s content would remain private. Mail articles interfered with this reasonable expectation. “
Warby determined that the newspaper infringed his copyright and misused his personal information.
Markle said “with this comprehensive victory in privacy and copyright, we have all won”.
The former “Suits” star said he was grateful for the decision, which blames the editor “for his illegal and inhumane practices”.
On the other hand, Associated Newspapers said it was considering whether to appeal.
The editor added that he was “very surprised by today’s summary judgment and disappointed that the chance to have all the evidence heard and tested in open court at a full trial” was denied.
Although Markle won the case over privacy and copyright infringement, the judge said he still wanted to determine whether she was the only author of the letter to receive defense charges that a spokesperson helped her write it.
Last month, Markle won a bid for a summary judgment from a judge that allowed her to avoid a highly publicized autumn trial.
Warby last May hit parts of royalty claims against the newspaper – accusing him of “deliberately shaking” and causing a division – considering them irrelevant to his claims of privacy and copyright infringement.
With Post Wires
