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Thursday, July 09, 2020, 17:15
Meghan seeks to stop publisher naming friends in UK legal battle
By Reuters
Thursday, July 09, 2020, 17:15 By Reuters

In this photo taken on March 09, 2020 Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, left, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive to attend the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in London .(PHOTO / AFP)

LONDON Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, on Thursday sought a court order to stop the publisher of the Mail on Sunday from publicizing the names of five friends who could be witnesses in an ongoing legal dispute, according to a court filing.

Meghan, wife of Queen Elizabeth’s grandson Prince Harry, is suing publisher Associated Newspapers over articles its Mail on Sunday newspaper printed last year which included parts of a handwritten letter she had sent to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, in August 2018.

I respectfully ask the court to treat this legal matter with the sensitivity it deserves, and to prevent the publisher of the Mail on Sunday from breaking precedent and abusing the legal process by identifying these anonymous individuals.

Meghan Markle, The Duchess of Sussex

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Markle and his daughter have not spoken since he pulled out of appearing at her wedding to Harry in May 2018 after undergoing heart surgery and following news he had staged photos with a paparazzi photographer.

The Mail justified publishing the letter by saying five unnamed friends of Meghan had put her version of events in interviews with the US magazine People.

Her legal team say it was untrue she had authorized or arranged for her friends to tell People about the letter, and on Thursday said Associated Newspapers were threatening to publish their names.

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“These five women are not on trial, and nor am I. The publisher of the Mail on Sunday is the one on trial,” Meghan said in a witness statement reviewed by Reuters.

“I respectfully ask the court to treat this legal matter with the sensitivity it deserves, and to prevent the publisher of the Mail on Sunday from breaking precedent and abusing the legal process by identifying these anonymous individuals”.

 


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