Megan, Duchess of Sussex, wins a lawsuit against British tabloid

The Duchess said she is “grateful to the courts for holding the Associated Newspapers and The Mail on Sunday to hold them accountable for their illegal and inhuman practices.” “For these outlets, it’s a game. For me and many others, it’s real life, real relationships, and very real grief. Supreme Court Judge Mark Warby said the Duchess was reasonably expecting the contents of the letter to remain confidential,” she said in an emailed statement. Mail’s articles have interfered with that reasonable expectation. ”In his judgment, Warby also wrote:“ It was a connection between family members with a single recipient. Precautions were taken to ensure it was only delivered to him. In short, it was a personal and private message. The majority of what was posted was about it. The attorney general’s behavior, her feelings of concern about her father’s behavior – she saw – and the resulting rift. ” The judge found that publishing the letter violated the Duchess’s copyright, but said that this case should determine whether the Duchess was the “sole author” of the letter at trial. He said there would be a hearing in early March to determine the next steps in the case, and in the handwritten letter the Duchess wrote, after her wedding on May 19, 2018, she pleaded with her father to stop speaking to the media, saying, “Your actions broke my heart into a million pieces. ” The British tabloid newspaper quoted from the letter as well as printed photos of the Duchess’s detailed handwritten text. Associated newspapers defended their coverage, saying the contents of the letter were not purportedly private, and that Thomas Markle had a “substantial right” to tell his version of events to set the record straight. A spokeswoman for The Mail on Sunday told The Washington Post: “We are very surprised at the summary ruling issued today and disappointed that we were denied the opportunity to hear all the evidence and test it in a full trial public hearing.” We are carefully studying the contents of the ruling and will decide in due course what If an appeal has to be filed. ”Since stepping down from senior royals, Prince Harry and his wife have not backed away from legal action against the media. He recently obtained a printed apology and” substantial damages “from Associated Newspapers after two articles, in the Mail on Sunday And MailOnline, due to allegations that he has “turned his back” on the armed forces. Last year, representatives of the royal couple sent a letter to the editors of the four British newspapers saying that they would not “expose themselves as currency to an economy of pecking and distortion.”