British Royal Family News find that Meghan Markle has just proved to the press that you just can’t write whatever you want about a public figure and think that you can get away with it.
That’s because the Duchess of Sussex has just been awarded $1 million from a British tabloid after winning her privacy lawsuit against Associated Papers, which is the parent company of Mail on Sunday and the MailOnline. Here’s what you need to know.
British Royal Family News: Meghan Markle Awarded A Whopping $1 Million From The British Tabloids
The Duchess of Sussex sued the Associated Papers after they published what should have been a private letter that was intended for her father, Thomas Markle Sr., and not the world.
Just month High Court Judge Mark Warby ruled that the move invaded Meghan’s privacy and also also ruled that the issue over the ownership of copyright should be examined at a limited trial.
A lawyer for The Mail on Sunday filed court documents stating they plan to appeal the judge’s ruling to the Court of Appeal as they feel they are entitled to a full trial. A determination will be made on whether they have a chance to appeal before it can proceed.
In his judgment Lord Justice Warby found for Meghan in her claim for misuse of private information against the AN, Ltd, publishers of the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online, over five articles published in February 2019, which included extracts from the letter.
He said: “It was, in short, a personal and private letter. The majority of what was published was about the claimant’s own behavior, her feelings of anguish about her father’s behavior – as she saw it – and the resulting rift between them. These are inherently private and personal matters.”
Lord Justice Warby continued, “The claimant had a reasonable expectation that the contents of the letter would remain private. The Mail articles interfered with that reasonable expectation.”
Meghan Markle has said that any money she wins will be donated to an anti-bullying charity. So far, she has not made any additional comments about the matter.
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