The Duchess of Sussex wins the court case against The Mail on Sunday

The Duchess of Sussex won her high court case against The Mail on Sunday. A judge ruled that the newspaper had breached Meghan Markle’s privacy by publishing excerpts from a letter she had sent to her father, Thomas Markle, away.

Last week, Judge Warby issued a “summary judgment” that handed victory to the duchess without the need for a trial in which she would have been called to testify and her father to testify against her.

The judge ruled, “Ultimately, it was a personal and private letter” containing “intrinsically private and personal matters” that Meghan, 39, had “a reasonable expectation” that she would remain private.

A judge ruled that The Mail on Sunday had infringed on Meghan Markle’s privacy by publishing excerpts from a letter she had sent to her father, Thomas Markle, away

The newspaper argued that Mr Markle, 76, asked him to publish excerpts from the 2018 letter to correct the record.

The newspaper noted that Meghan is a member of the royal family and raised questions about whether she had authorized prior publicity of the letter.

Markle spoke out because his daughter’s close friends had revealed her existence in an anonymous interview they had given to the American magazine People, in which they had mistakenly characterized her as a “love” letter.

But Markle disagreed, saying he did not see the letter as an “olive branch,” but as a warning that “indicated the end of our relationship.”

Last week, Judge Warby issued a “summary judgment” that handed victory to the Duchess without the need for a trial in which she would have been called to testify.

In a statement, he told the court he was determined to fly to London to testify against his daughter.

But Meghan’s lawyers successfully argued that a trial was not necessary because the newspaper “had no prospects” of successfully defending it.

The judge also ruled that the publication of the excerpts was a violation of copyright, although he said the question of who owned the copyright should be brought to trial.

Sunday Mail is studying whether to appeal.