Meghan, Duchess of Sussex loses first round of legal battle over letter to father

By Manori Ravindran

Meghan Markle has waged a legal battle against a British newspaper for publishing a confidential letter she wrote to her father, Thomas Markle, at the height of their fractured relationship. The United Kingdom's High Court held its first hearing in the privacy lawsuit last month and a legal expert told Fox News the courtroom drama will become heightened if and when the Duchess and her estranged father testify against each other.

Meghan Markle has lost the first round of her High Court case against Mail On Sunday newspaper in England. Meghan filed a case against the British tabloid for printing a letter she wrote to her father, for not attending her wedding that took place in May 2018, without her consent. She sued the newspaper for invasion of privacy and copyright infringement. It was announced on March 1 that the judge dismissed a chunk of a lawsuit brought by Meghan.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry had a legal setback on Friday in their court battle against a U.K. tabloid.

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Meghan Markle has lost the first High Court legal battle against the publisher of the Mail On Sunday in her privacy claim against the newspaper.The Duchess of Sussex is suing British publisher Associated Newspapers over five articles published in the Mail On Sunday which featured letters exchanged between herself and her father, Thomas Markle.

Meghan Markle has lost her first High Court battle in her ongoing lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday.

Meghan Markle’s court case against the British press has taken a new turn today – one that will have left the former Suits actress disappointed.

The publisher of the Mail on Sunday has won the first UK High Court skirmish in Britain's Duchess of Sussex’s claim against it over publication of a “private and confidential” letter to her estranged father.

Meghan Markle recycled a much-loved burgundy jumper from her wardrobe to coach a young interviewee as part of her patronage with SmartWorks.The thrifty mum to Archie, who is currently living in Los Angeles with Prince Harry during the coronavirus lockdown, appeared via video link to talk to the British youngster who was preparing for a job role.

A new documentary focusing on the drama surrounding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s dramatic exit from the royal family is coming to Channel Seven.

Meghan Markle is reportedly willing to testify in her legal case against a British newspaper over the release of a private letter she had written to her father. A preliminary hearing was held in the Duchess of Sussex's court case in the United Kingdom's High Court on Friday, where the royal and her husband, Prince Harry, were expected to join virtually from their residence in Los Angeles, Calif.

A preliminary hearing opened Friday at Britain's High Court in the duchess of Sussex's legal action against a British newspaper that published what she describes as a "private and confidential" letter she wrote to her father. Meghan is suing the Mail on Sunday and its parent company, Associated Newspapers, for publishing parts of an August 2018 letter she wrote to Thomas Markle.

A preliminary hearing in Meghan Markle's legal case against a British newspaper is set to take place in the United Kingdom's High Court on Friday as the Duchess of Sussex challenges the publication of a private letter she wrote to her father.

As Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, prepares to (virtually) face one of Britain’s biggest-selling tabloids in court this Friday, her lawyers have today filed her legal response—complete with emotional text messages to her father—in her case against The Mail on Sunday’s publisher.