Meghan newspaper lawsuit: Thomas Markle could testify in court against his daughter – The National

Meghan newspaper lawsuit: Thomas Markle could testify in court against his daughter – The National

Meghan newspaper lawsuit: Thomas Markle could testify in court against his daughter. British newspaper the Mail on Sunday has filed court papers defending its publication of a letter written by Meghan to her estranged father. Thomas Markle could be called to give evidence against his daughter Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, in the UK's high court, the Daily Mail reported on Wednesday.. The Daily Mail is the sister newspaper to the Mail on Sunday, which is being sued by the Duchess over its publication of a private letter she wrote to her estranged father criticising his treatment of her.. Documents filed to the high court by the Mail on Sunday on Tuesday, which have been seen by The National, argue that there is a "huge and legitimate" public interest in publishing the letter.. It adds that the Duchess could not "have a reasonable expectation of privacy that the contents of the letter were private and would remain so".. The Mail on Sunday said that Mr Markle "had a weighty right to tell his version of what had happened between himself and his daughter including the contents of the letter".. The publication of the highly personal messages has led commentators to