London, United Kingdom:
A British court on Wednesday upheld Meghan Markle’s copyright claim against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Mail on Sunday and MailOn-line, more than its publication of a letter to her father.
The ruling by judge Mark Warby signifies the Duchess of Sussex, as Markle is formally recognized, has now won every single aspect of her legal claim against the newspaper group, which published a handwritten letter she wrote to her father Thomas Markle.
Warby stated on Wednesday at a remote hearing lawyers acting for Queen Elizabeth II had assured him the copyright did not belong to the Crown so he was granting “summary judgement” more than that remaining aspect of the case, as well.
In February the High Court issued Meghan with a “summary judgement”, which means she won her privacy and information protection rights claims against Associated Newspapers more than the letter’s publication without the need of possessing to go to trial.
Warby also ordered the Mail on Sunday to print a front-web page statement acknowledging her legal victory.
But the judge stated at the time her copyright claim necessary additional scrutiny due to the fact the newspaper group recommended Meghan did not completely personal the letter’s copyright and members of the royal communications group helped her draft it.
Meghan’s solicitor, Ian Mill QC, stated on Wednesday lawyers for the Keeper of the Privy Purse — the official accountable for the monarch’s private funds — had written “disclaiming any claim to copyright on behalf of the crown”.
Mill stated he also received a letter from lawyers for Jason Knauf, previously communications secretary to the Sussexes, saying he did not create or aid draft the letter.
The newspaper group’s lawyer, Andrew Caldecott, stated it was “a matter of regret” that Knauf had not clarified this earlier.
Meghan’s letter to her estranged father was written a couple of months following she married Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson, Prince Harry, and asked him to quit speaking to tabloids and creating false claims about her in interviews.
Meghan and her husband, the Duke of Sussex, have effectively mounted additional legal action more than media breaches of their privacy because moving to the United States last year.
At the similar time the couple have engaged with media on their personal terms, providing an explosive interview in March to US chat show host Oprah Winfrey, in which they stated unnamed royals had made racist remarks about how dark their son’s skin would be.
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