Updated: January 19, 2021, 3:39 pm
The Duchess of Sussex (Ben Stansall/PA)
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The Duchess of Sussex’s letter to her estranged father was written “to defend her against charges of being an uncaring or unloving daughter”, the Mail on Sunday’s lawyers have told the High Court.
Meghan, 39, is suing the publisher of The Mail On Sunday and MailOnline over a series of articles which reproduced parts of the handwritten letter sent to 76-year-old Thomas Markle in August 2018.
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Meghan penned a letter to Mr Markle in August 2018, extracts of which were published by the Mail on Sunday and MailOnline in February 2019. The Duchess of Sussex is now suing the publisher of these news outlets - Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL).
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Thomas Markle approved extracts of letter used by newspaper, High Court hears
The Duchess of Sussex (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Thomas Markle wanted the Mail On Sunday to help him “set the record straight” on his relationship with his daughter, the Duchess of Sussex, and approved the extracts of a letter used by the newspaper, the High Court has heard.
Mr Markle, 76, believed events relating to their relationship and communications between them had been “seriously misrepresented” in an article published by People magazine in February 2019, according to Edward Verity, editor of the Mail On Sunday.
Meghan, 39, is suing Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) publisher of The Mail On Sunday and MailOnline, over a series of articles which reproduced parts of a handwritten letter sent to Mr Markle in August 2018.
Updated / Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021
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Meghan Markle is suing Associated Newspapers Limited over a series of articles (file image)
Thomas Markle wanted a newspaper to help him set the record straight on his relationship with his daughter and approved the publication of extracts from a letter, the High Court in London has heard.
Meghan Markle, titled the Duchess of Sussex since her marriage to British royal Prince Harry, is suing Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) publisher of The Mail On Sunday and MailOnline, over a series of articles which reproduced parts of a handwritten letter sent to her father in August 2018.
Mr Markle, 76, believed events relating to their relationship and communications between them had been seriously misrepresented in an article published by People magazine in February 2019, according to Edward Verity, editor of the Mail On Sunday.