Newspaper group being sued by Meghan Markle calls for full trial in case of publishing her letter to father
- The letter was written in August 2018, a few months after Meghan Markle married Prince Harry
- Markle asked her father to stop talking to tabloids and making false claims about her in interviews
Lawyers for a British newspaper group that Meghan Markle is suing for publishing a private letter to her estranged father called on Tuesday for a full trial to “shed light” on the case.
The Duchess of Sussex launched legal action against Associated Newspapers, which publishes The Mail on Sunday and MailOnline website, for printing extracts of the letter to Thomas Markle.
The letter was written in August 2018, a few months after Meghan Markle married Prince Harry, and asked her father to stop talking to tabloids and making false claims about her in interviews.
Her legal team is seeking damages and argue there is no need for a full trial, as it was a clear breach of her privacy and copyright.
Should the judge agree, it would avoid a potential showdown between father and daughter at the High Court in London.
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A lawyer representing Associated Newspapers, Antony White, told judge Mark Warby that the case “cries out for investigation” and was “wholly unsuitable for summary judgment”.