The lawsuit revolves around a letter Meghan wrote to her father, Thomas Markle, in 2018, informing him of his personal belongings, including their termination. A large part of the private letter was then published by the British tabloid servers MailOnline and Mail on Sunday.
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Duchess Meghan subsequently sued their publisher for invasion of privacy, as the letter was purely private. She won a privacy dispute in February this year. The British court of first instance thus ruled in summary proceedings on the grounds that, according to the judge, the publisher had no real prospect of success.
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As a result, there were no witness statements. However, the publisher appealed. He claimed that Meghan knew well that the contents of the letter could escape, and therefore she could assume from the beginning that the writing would not be entirely private.
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Meghan then stated, through her lawyers, that she had not consulted with her advisers on the content of the letter. But, according to the Guardian (and other British media outlets), the testimony of 39-year-old Jason Knauf, a former trusted adviser and former communications chief Harry and Meghan, has changed everything.
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She only forgot about the communication
Knauf said Meghan had consulted with him on the content of the letter, while acknowledging the possibility that he could escape to the public. This is evidenced by their communication via e-mails and SMS.
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“Honestly, Jason, I feel fantastic. If he releases it (Thomas Markle – late editor), so it will be his conscience. At least the world will know the truth. Words I could never say in public, “says one of the e-mails Meghan wrote to Knauf.
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Meghan also told Knauf, among other things, that she had addressed the letter to “Daddy” so that in the event of an escape, it would “take more heart.” “Everything I have suggested is the knowledge that it could escape,” the Duchess continues.
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Meghan admitted her mistake and apologized to the court last week. She deliberately did not lie, she only forgot to communicate with Knauf, according to her statement.
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The new court can turn out in every way
Although she did not omit her father’s personal confessions and condemnations, the mere fact that Meghan knew the letter could escape is a serious problem for the Duchess’s lawyers.
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The publisher of the Associated Newspapers is trying to prove that the Duchess has no automatic right to privacy regarding the letter, even as she provided information from her life to her biographers.
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“It is unlikely that the court will consider it a false statement, because judges are trying to avoid calling people liars. But if the judges conclude that what the Duchess has now admitted is crucial to the case, she may order a new hearing before another judge, “an unnamed lawyer at Buckingham Palace told the Telegraph.
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The Court of Appeal has already stated that the judgment will take time. However, if she orders a new trial, she will probably no longer decide in summary proceedings and the Duchess and other interested parties will have to testify in court.
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