According to reports, the newspaper has confirmed that, following hearings in January and May, the court has given judgment for Meghan Markle to receive money from the Mail’s parent company, Associated Newspapers.
the Duchess of Sussex had taken Associated Newspapers to court nearly three years ago for invading her privacy and infringing her copyright by publishing extracts of her handwritten letter to her father in The Mail on Sunday and in Mail Online.
The Mail on Sunday confirmed that “financial remedies” had been agreed, but did not disclose the amount. The settlement ruling brings the case to an end and means that it will not be heard in the British Supreme Court.
As reported in May, Markle won the copyright element of her case in the British High Court after suing the publisher of the Mail on Sunday for breach of copyright and infringement of privacy.
Earlier in the year the judge, Mr. Justice Warby, had granted Markle “summary judgment,” in the privacy part of the case, meaning it was resolved with no need for a trial.
In May, the judge once again granted summary judgment in Markle’s favor with regard to the copyright claim. The Mail on Sunday unsuccessfully appealed the ruling, and then eventually agreed to settle the case.
The newspaper’s lawyers had argued that Markle co-authored the letter with a member of the royal family staff, and it was, therefore, the property of the British monarch.
But the member of staff, Jason Knauf, testified in court that he did not co-write the letter.
