By Aaron Miller
Meghan Markle’s Dad Is Poised to testify against her daughter in what could be the trial of the century.
The Sunday Mail submitted its defence papers yesterday, barely 24 hours after the Queen formally approved plans for Ms Markle and Prince Harry to split their time between the U.K and North America.
Intimate details of her broken relationship with Thomas Markle was revealed in a U.S magazine by five of her friends are said to have come from her could only have come from her, with the paper also accusing Meghan of schematically using friends to influence British journalists into writing stories about her.
Meghan is suing the newspaper and its parent group for publishing a letter she wrote to her father in 2018. Her claims include misuse of her private information, selective editing of the letter and breach of copyright.
The paper claims there was a legitimate interest in discussing her family relationships because her father only disclosed a letter from her to him after a smear campaign in which she was falsely presenting him in the press.
COPYRIGHT
In response to claims by the Dutchess Of Sussex that the letter breached her copyright, the Mail on Sunday says it was not a protected “original literary work” but a recounting of existing facts.
Meghan said it infringed her data rights, but the newspaper says the data was not sensitive and concerned topics she had put in the public domain . Accused of selective editing, the Mail on Sunday says the extracts it released accurately conveyed the tone, content and meaning of the letter
Ms Markle is suing the newspaper for damages after it published a leaked letter she wrote to Thomas three months after her May 2018 wedding. Meghan argues it was misuse of her private information and breach of copyright.