Contrary to what he had previously indicated in the trial against a British newspaper.
Meghan Markle admitted to the British court that she had provided information to the authors of an unofficial biography about her and her husband, Prince Henry, contrary to what she had previously indicated in the trial against a British newspaper.
The 40-year-old former American actress won her privacy violation lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday in February.
He reproaches him for the publication of a letter written in 2018, in which he asked his father Thomas Markle, 77, to stop making statements and lying in the media about the reason for the breakdown of the relationship between father and daughter. .
The widely circulated tabloid is now contesting this decision, in an appeal considered until Thursday in London.
The Duchess of Sussex’s allegations were weakened by testimony Wednesday from Jason Knauf, the former communications secretary for the royal couple, now based in California.
Supporting the Mail on Sunday – which wants to show that Meghan Markle regularly sought to influence public opinion – Knauf claimed to have provided, on behalf of Megan and Prince Harry, private information to the authors of the unofficial biography, “Finding Freedom” (“Harry and Meghan, free”).
According to him, the draft book was “discussed systematically and directly with the Duchess, in person and by email.”
In written testimony presented to the court, Meghan admitted to having participated in the writing of the book – which she and her husband had always denied until then – and apologized for having misled the court by not specifying it in the first instance.
Meghan Markle’s lawyers make it clear that neither the Duchess nor Prince Harry collaborated on the book ‘Finding Freedom’
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“I acknowledge that Knauf provided information to the authors and that he did so to the best of my knowledge and belief,” he explains, but adds that “the extent of the information that (he) shared is unknown.”
“I apologize to the court for not having recalled those exchanges at that time,” continues the Duchess.
However, Markle noted that the information shared with the authors was “a far cry from the very detailed personal information” that the Mail on Sunday had published.
Prince Henry, 37, sixth in the order of succession to the British crown, repeatedly denounced the pressure of the media on his wife and made it the main reason for his withdrawal from the royal family, effective since April 2020. (I)
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