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Mail On Sunday Publisher Loses Appeal Over Meghan Letter To Thomas Markle Original Video M204627

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Meghan Markle wins latest Mail on Sunday privacy ruling

The publisher of the Mail on Sunday has lost a legal battle to overturn a High Court ruling that it breached the privacy of Meghan Markle by publishing parts of a letter she wrote to her estranged father.

The Duchess of Sussex sued Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) over five articles that reproduced portions of a “personal and private” five-page handwritten letter sent to her father Thomas Markle, 77, in August 2018.

ANL brought an appeal against that decision during a three-day hearing in November, arguing the case should go to trial but was dismissed.

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