contact with virginia roberts... none. — ..then or any other time? none whatsoever. documents submitted by prince andrew's lawyers state, giuffre has initiated this baseless lawsuit against prince andrew to achieve another payday at his expense and at the expense of those closest to him. should this case go to trial, it is expected to begin in new york in the second half of 2022. south africa, and in late 2019, just as their royal tour was coming to an end, the duke and duchess of sussex announced that meghan was suing the publishers of the mail on sunday for breach of privacy. the paper had published lengthy extracts of a letter written by meghan to her father, thomas markle. the case didn't go to trial because the judge issued a summary judgment on the basis that, taken as a whole, the disclosures in the newspaper were manifestly excessive and hence unlawful. the publishers, associated newspapers, appealed and lost.