Meghan Markle loses first stage of legal battle against British tabloid; Her lawyers promise to move forward

Ever since their royal exit, the Sussexes have been doing their best to transition to life in American—and now that includes settling any debts. While originally paid for by a Sovereign fund, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Frogmore Cottage repayments have reportedly begun. The effort marks an important gesture to British taxpayers, some of whom initially criticized the Duke and Duchess for using public funds to refurbish the historic estate in 2019.

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.

On Wednesday’s Loose Women, the panellists slammed Meghan Markle and Prince Harry as they discussed the upcoming release of their biography, Finding Freedom.

© 2020 Getty Images LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex meets children as she attends the Commonwealth Day Service 2020 on March 09, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) The Loose Women panelists tore into Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their Wednesday show, for releasing a new book.

Archie is celebrating his birthday in The Golden State. In honor of his first birthday on May 6, his parents Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have released a new video of their son commemorating the big day.

What a way to start your first birthday! On May 6, Save The Children UK’s official Instagram account shared a sweet video of Meghan Markle, 38, reading Duck! Rabbit! to her and Prince Harry‘s, 35, adorable one-year-old son, Archie, on the morning of his birthday. “We’re going to read Duck! Rabbit!” Meghan said to the camera as Harry filmed. Archie was seated comfortably in his loving mother’s lap as she whispered to him to open the book — which he did!

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.

The UK's High Court will give its ruling on the first stage of Meghan Markle’s privacy claim against a British newspaper that published parts of a “private and confidential” letter to her estranged father.

Meghan Markle has reportedly hired her late mother-in-law  Princess Diana's lawyer David Sherborne to represent her in the British tabloid case. Meghan Markle is suing Mail and its publisher Associated Newspapers for breach of data protection and infringement of copyright after they published a handwritten letter she wrote to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, post her wedding to Prince Harry in 2018. On behalf of Meghan Markle, David Sherborne will be arguing against the tabloid on Sunday.

Meghan Markle is taking a cue from her late mother-in-law amid her British tabloid case. The 38-year-old Duchess of Sussex has hired David Sherborne for the case. Sherborne previously worked with Princess Diana, Prince Harry's  mother, his website confirms.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's battle with the British media has officially begun. On Friday, a procedural hearing in the duchess' court case against the was held virtually in front of Justice Mark Warby, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The case began at 10:30 a.m. GMT and the Sussexes' team told that the couple got up at 4 a.m. PT in order to call in to part of the proceedings from their new residence in Los Angeles. 

After publicly announcing she and Harry would be cutting ties with four major British tabloids, Meghan Markle made her first interview appearance (all right, it was pre-recorded, but still!) on Good Morning America Monday morning.

A new update has come to light in Meghan Markle and Prince Harry‘s tabloid lawsuit.

Meghan Markle is speaking out!