Duchess of Sussex wins Supreme Court case against The Mail on Sunday

The Duchess of Sussex won her high court case against The Mail on Sunday. According to a judge, the newspaper violated Meghan Markle’s privacy by publishing excerpts from a letter she sent to her estranged father, Thomas Markle.

Mr Justice Warby last week issued a ‘summary verdict’ handing over the victory to the Duchess without the need for a trial in which she would be called to testify, and her father to testify against her.

The judge ruled: “In short, a personal and private letter” containing “inherently private and personal matters” that Meghan, 39, would have “a reasonable expectation” to remain private.

A judge has ruled that The Mail on Sunday violated Meghan Markle’s privacy by publishing excerpts from a letter she sent to her estranged father, Thomas Markle.

The newspaper argued that Markle, 76, had asked to publish excerpts from the 2018 letter to set the record.

The newspaper noted that Meghan is a senior member of the royal family and asked questions about whether she had approved the previous publication of the letter.

Mr. Markle spoke out because his daughter’s good friends revealed its existence in an anonymous interview they gave to the American magazine People, in which they described it as a ‘loving’ letter.

But Markle disagrees, saying that he does not see the letter as an ‘olive branch’, but as a reminder indicating ‘the end of our relationship’.

Mr Justice Warby last week issued a ‘summary verdict’ handing over the victory to the Duchess without the need for a trial in which she would be called to testify

He said in a statement to the court that he was determined to fly to London to testify against his daughter.

But Meghan’s lawyers successfully argued that a trial was unnecessary because the newspaper had ‘no prospect’ of presenting a successful defense.

The judge also ruled that the publication of the extracts is a violation of copyright, although he said that the question of who owns the copyright should be addressed.

The Mail on Sunday is considering appealing.