Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle "only have each other now" after leaving behind life in the Royal Family, one expert has claimed.
04.03.2022 - 16:09 / etcanada.com
Meghan Markle’s attorney is hitting back after it was revealed that Samantha Markle is suing her half-sister over that tell-all Oprah Winfrey interview.
TMZ reports that Samantha, who Meghan claims she hasn’t seen in years, is taking her to court over some comments she made about her family in the Oprah chat which aired last March.
The documents allegedly state that Samantha slams Meghan’s “rags to royalty” narrative, accusing her estranged sibling of spreading lies, pointing out they share the same dad, Thomas Markle, despite Meghan telling Oprah she grew up as an “only child.”
Samantha also claims Meghan was lying when she told Oprah she’d last seen her “at least 18, 19 years ago and 10 years before that.”
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In the interview, Meghan suggested Samantha had only changed her surname back to Markle after she started dating Prince Harry, something Samantha denies.
The lawsuit also claims Meghan’s dad paid for her to attend “elite and expensive private schools” including her Northwestern University tuition and living expenses, despite Meghan saying she worked to pay her own way through college.
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Samantha claims Meghan’s words “hurt sales of her autobiography, prevented her from getting jobs and caused emotional and mental distress,” the site states.
Meghan’s attorney, Michael Kump, tells TMZ: “This baseless and absurd lawsuit is just a continuation of a pattern of disturbing behaviour. We will give it the minimum attention necessary, which is all it deserves.”
The lawsuit comes after
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle "only have each other now" after leaving behind life in the Royal Family, one expert has claimed.
Still at odds. After years of public drama, Samantha Markle filed a lawsuit against half-sister Meghan Markle, alleging the Duchess lied during her 2021 tell-all interview with husband Prince Harry.
READ MOREHugo Hammond pays tribute to ‘best friend’ following devastating lossKaz Crossley unveils dramatic hair transformation amid exciting new career moveMo Gilligan's girlfriend: who is the comedian dating?And they weren’t the only family members with ruffled feathers last week. Samantha Markle, 57, claimed that Meghan has spread a “false narrative” about her upbringing, and that the book Finding Freedom – written by friend to the Duchess, Omid Scobie – was a “book of lies” and a “fairy-tale life story”. Samantha has long been outspoken on the difficult relationship between Meghan and her father Thomas’ side of the family.
It’s been almost a year since Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle sat down for a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey. In the tell-all chat aired on 8 March 2021, Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, spoke candidly about their lives as royals – and sent the country into shock as they made several serious allegations. It resulted in the government watchdog Ofcom receiving over 5,000 complaints.
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Meghan Markle’s estranged half-sister Samantha Markle is reportedly suing her sibling for defamation a year on from her revealing US interview with Prince Harry.The 57 year old is said to be taking the Duchess of Sussex to court after documents were apparently filed claiming the former Royal lied about her family during the tell-all with Oprah Winfrey. Samantha has accused Meghan of creating a “false narrative” according to TMZ reports after she spoke of growing up in “virtual poverty” and having had to pay her way through her time at Northwestern University.Thomas Markle allegedly supported the 40 year old financially as a student Samantha has claimed in the documents and paid for her tuition at the institution, along with her attendance at other “elite and expensive private schools”.
Meghan Markle has been sued by her half-sister for allegedly making "false" statements in the interview she and Prince Harry gave to Oprah Winfrey in 2021. Samantha Markle filed the lawsuit on Thursday in Florida and accuses the Duchess of Sussex of defamation "based on demonstrably false and malicious statements" made by Meghan in the sit-down interview viewed by millions around the world on March 7, 2021.
Meghan Markle‘s is getting sued by her half-sister.
The family feud lives on. Samantha Markle is reportedly suing half-sister Meghan Markle for defamation after the duchess and Prince Harry’s March 2021 CBS tell-all interview.