LONDON 鈥� A British judge has ordered the Mail on Sunday to publish a front-page statement highlighting the Duchess of Sussex鈥檚 legal victory over the newspaper for breaching her copyright by publishing parts of a letter she wrote to her estranged father.
High Court justice Mark Warby said Friday that publisher Associated 撸奶社区papers must also run the statement on the MailOnline
The former Meghan Markle, 39, sued the publisher for invasion of privacy and copyright infringement over five February 2019 articles that reproduced large portions of a letter she wrote to her father, Thomas Markle, after her marriage to Prince Harry in 2018.
The judge ruled last month that the publisher had misused the duchess鈥檚 private information and infringed her copyright. He said the duchess 鈥渉ad a reasonable expectation that the contents of the letter would remain private,鈥� and concluded the paper鈥檚 publication of large chunks of it was 鈥渕anifestly excessive and hence unlawful.鈥� Associated 撸奶社区papers says it plans to appeal.
The judge did not order the publisher to mention the privacy ruling in its statement, saying media coverage of the case had already 鈥済iven wide publicity to the claimant鈥檚 unequivocal success on the privacy claim.鈥�
Meghan, a former star of the American TV legal drama 鈥淪uits,鈥� married Harry, a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, at Windsor Castle in May 2018. Their son Archie was born the following year.
In early 2020, Meghan and Harry announced they were quitting royal duties and moving to North America, citing what they said were the unbearable intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media. They recently bought a house in Santa Barbara, California, and are expecting a second child.
They have recorded an interview with Oprah Winfrey that is due to be broadcast on Sunday.
The Associated Press
