Meghan Markle Wins Privacy Claim Against UK Newspaper

Meghan Markle on Thursday, 11th of February, won a high-profile claim for breach of privacy after a British newspaper published extracts of a 2018 letter she had written to her estranged father.

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

The articles in the Mail on Sunday weekly paper “interfered with that reasonable expectation” and were unlawful, judge Mark Warby said in a ruling.

In a statement after the ruling, Meghan said she was thankful that Associated Newspapers and The Mail on Sunday had been “held to account for their illegal and dehumanising practices”.

“These tactics (and those of their sister publications MailOnline and the Daily Mail) are not new; in fact, they’ve been going on for far too long without consequence.

“For these outlets, it’s a game. For me and so many others, it’s real life, real relationships, and very real sadness. The damage they have done and continue to do runs deep”.

In relation to Meghan’s copyright claim, Mr Justice Warby discovered that the publication of the letter which he described as “a long-form telling-off” did infringe her copyright.