Meghan Markle could receive more than $3 million after winning her three-year privacy battle in the Supreme Court against the Mail on Sunday.
The Mail on Sunday admitted that the Duchess of Sussex had won her copyright claim against the newspaper’s publisher for publishing extracts from a letter she had written to her estranged father – and had agreed to pay “financial compensation”, reports The Sun.
Meghan (40) sued Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), also the publisher of MailOnline, over five articles that reproduced parts of the “personal and private” note to Thomas Markle (77) in August 2018.
The duchess won her case earlier this year when a judge in the high court ruled in her favor without a full trial.
However, during the trial, Meghan was forced to apologize to the court for not telling a judge about emails showing how she tried to influence a biography of her and Prince Harry.
Emails released by the Court of Appeal showed how she and Harry thoroughly informed their press spokesman, Jason Knauf, before meeting writers Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand two years ago.
The duchess told the court how she simply “forgot” about the information sessions. Meghan, whose “Brand Sussex” with her husband Prince Harry is worth an estimated £ 250 million, demanded payment of legal costs and that the newspaper hand over any copies of the letter and destroy any electronic versions or notes made about it. Her team said her legal costs are estimated at almost $ 3 million – and claim half will be paid within 14 days – but Lord Justice Warby ordered the Mail on Sunday to pay $ 835,000 in costs, with the possibility of paying more in the future will be.
She also asked the Mail on Sunday to print a statement on its front page stating that she had won her privacy case, while insisting that the MailOnline should have the apology on its homepage for six months. The short statement was placed on the front page and then published in full on page 3 within the newspaper.
Sources: NZ Herald, Buzz Feed News
