Meghan fights to keep identity of friends who spoke up for her a secret

Three months after Thomas Markle, the estranged father of Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, was unable to walk her down the aisle because of a heart attack, the Duchess had apparently sent him a handwritten letter. However, the letter found its way into the hands of the publishers at the Mail of Sunday, which was then published.

Meghna has sued the publisher, Associated Newspapers, for privacy breach. According to a report in The Sun, the publisher, in turn, alleged that Thomas Markle wanted its content published to correct

These five women are not on trial, and nor am I. The publisher of the on Sunday is the one on trial. It is this publisher that acted unlawfully and is attempting to evade accountability; to create a circus and distract from the point of this case — that the Mail on Sunday unlawfully published my private letter. Each of these women is a private citizen, young mother, and each has a basic right to privacy.” — Meghan Markle’s statement

the impressions her five friends had given about its contents in their interviews.

Under these circumstances in which her friends might be named, the Duchess further hit out at the publisher for considering to publicise their names.

While there is much speculation as to who the five friends may be, Meghan submitted a statement, saying, “These five women are not on trial, and nor am I. The publisher of the Mail on Sunday is the one on trial. It is this publisher that acted unlawfully and is attempting to evade accountability; to create a circus and distract from the point of this case — that the Mail on Sunday unlawfully published my private letter. Each of these women is a private citizen, young mother, and each has a basic right to privacy.”

Meghan and her husband Prince Harry now live in the US after quitting the Royal Family earlier this year.