Meghan Markle will reportedly receive a nominal amount after the court announced her win against Mail on Sunday. In December, the Mail on Sunday published an acknowledgment to its papers that Meghan Markle won the case she filed against the British tabloid.
They shared it alongside their “sorry” message, adding that the court found the Associated Newspapers “infringed [Markle’s] copyright by publishing extracts of her handwritten letter to her father.”
“The courts have held the defendant to account and my hope is that we all begin to do the same. Because as far removed as it may seem from your personal life, it’s not. Tomorrow it could be you. These harmful practices don’t happen once in a blue moon – they are a daily fail that divides us and we all deserve better,” the Duchess of Sussex wrote.
While everyone expected her to receive a whopping amount of money, Meghan will reportedly receive less than $2 instead. The Guardian first reported that the duchess would only receive the nominal sum of less than $2 following her court win. But the news outlet clarified that it only covers Meghan’s claims for invasion of privacy.
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Aside from the amount, Mail on Sunday will pay another set of charges for infringement of copyright and legal fees. It has been confirmed that the two parties have already agreed on the financial remedies. But as of the writing, it remains unknown how much exactly the British tabloid needs to cash out.
Following the development, a London attorney who was not involved in the case shared his thoughts about the event,
“I think they just kind of cut their losses. So I think it probably was right of both parties to draw a line in the sand and … close this particular case,” Mark Stephens said, as quoted by Fox News.
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The Duchess of Sussex defended herself and accused Associated Newspapers of misuse of private information and copyright infringement. In return, the newspaper’s legal representatives said she crafted it, knowing the media would see it.
Meghan’s former communications secretary, Jason Knauf, proved that she truly suspected her father might truly leak the letter. She then wrote the letter with that risk in mind. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex decided to leave their senior royal roles and move to North America due to an unbearable invasion of privacy.