Meghan bops Brit tabloid in lawsuit victory

Meghan Markle was crowned the winner Thursday when a London court sided with her over a British tabloid company in a lawsuit over the publication of personal correspondence.

The Court of Appeal backed a lower court’s decision in February that Associated Newspapers violated Markle’s privacy by publishing portions of a letter the Duchess of Sussex wrote to her father.

Portions of the letter were published in five articles published in August 2018 by the company, which operates the Mail on Sunday and the MailOnline.

Meghan, 40, originally sued Associated Newspapers in 2019. A High Court judge ruled in February that it was “manifestly excessive and hence unlawful” for the publisher to release large excerpts from the letter in its publications.

Markle celebrated the appeals court’s ruling Thursday.

“This is a victory not just for me, but for anyone who has ever felt scared to stand up for what’s right,” Markle said after the ruling came down.

“While this win is precedent setting, what matters most is that we are now collectively brave enough to reshape a tabloid industry that conditions people to be cruel, and profits from the lies and pain that they create.”

Markle, a Los Angeles-born former actress, married Prince Harry in 2018, and shares two children with him. She and Harry, 37, stepped down from their senior royal duties in the United Kingdom last year and have moved to Southern California.