Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are suing Mail on Sunday over publishing of a private letter – cosmopolitan.com, Cosmopolitan.com

• Prince Harryhas announced he andMeghan Marklewill take legal action againstDaily MailandMail On Sunday‘s publisher, Associated Newspapers.
• He claims a private letter from the Sussexes was released unlawfully, which violates the Data Protection Act of 2018, before comparing the treatment of his wife in the press to that of Princess Diana.

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Prince Harry is suing Associated Newspapers, the publisher of Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday in the UK, over their publishing of a private letter from Meghan Markle.

In a statement, the Duke of Sussex said he and Meghan were forced to take action against “relentless propaganda”, with Law firm Schillings, acting for the duchess, accusing the newspaper publishers of the misuse of private information, infringement of copyright, and breach of the Data Protection Act 2018.

In the lengthy and heartfelt statement, Harry said Meghan was “one of the latest victims of a British tabloid press “, touching on the many” false and malicious “reports they’ve had to face. He then detailed how his “deepest fear” was Meghan “falling victim to the same powerful forces” as his mother, Princess Diana.

The full statement on TheSussexes’ official websiteis as follows:

“Unfortunately, my wife has become one of the latest victims of a British tabloid press that wages campaigns against individuals with no thought to the consequences – a ruthless campaign that has escalated over the past year, throughout her pregnancy and while raising our newborn son.

“There is a human cost to this relentless propaganda, specifically when it is knowingly false and malicious, and though we have continued to put on a brave face – as so many of you can relate to – I cannot begin to describe how painful it has been. the globe. One day’s coverage is no longer tomorrow’s chip-paper.

” Up to now, we have been unable to correct the continual misrepresentations – something that these select media outlets have been aware of and have therefore exploited on a daily and sometimes hourly basis.

“It is for this reason we are taking legal action, a process that has been many months in the making. The positive coverage of the past week from these same publications exposes the double standards of this specific press pack that has vilified her almost daily for the past nine months; they have been able to create lie after lie at her expense simply because she has not been visible while on maternity leave. She is the same woman she was a year ago on our wedding day, just as she is the same woman you’ve seen on this Africa tour.

“This particular legal action hinges on one incident in a long and disturbing pattern of behavior by British tabloid media. The contents of a private letter were published unlawfully in an intentionally destructive manner to manipulate you, the reader, and further the divisive agenda of the media group in question. In addition to their unlawful publication of this private document, they purposely misled you by strategically omitting select paragraphs, specific sentences, and even singular words to mask the lies they had perpetuated for over a year.

“Though this action may not be the safe one, it is the right one. Because my deepest fear is history repeating itself . I’ve seen what happens when someone I love is commoditised to the point that they are no longer treated or seen as a real person. I lost my mother and now I watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces.

“We thank you, the public, for your continued support. It is hugely appreciated. Although it may not seem like it, we really need it. “

In response to the legal action, a Mail on Sunday spokesperson said: “The Mail on Sunday stands by the story it published and will be defending this case vigorously. Specifically, we categorically deny that the Duchess’s letter was edited in any way that changed its meaning. “