Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have filed a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers and a picture agency. The Royal Family is known for avoiding any sort of controversies and would, most of the time, ignore the tabloids. However, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex decided to take legal action.
The chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) shared that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could have dealt with their lawsuit more quickly and cheaply compared to the process that they are currently doing. Lord Faulks QC said that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex could have used IPSO’s arbitration scheme.
“If I had a complaint against newspapers, I am not sure I would go to the expense of hiring Schillings. They could have come to us. The Royal Family has regularly used us and are very much aware of what we can and cannot do,” he said.
Meghan Markle sued British publisher Associated Newspapers over five articles published in the Mail on Sunday and three on the MailOnline in February 2019. The British tabloid published the Duchess of Sussex’s 2018 letter to her estranged father, which she claimed is a privacy breach.
Unfortunately for Meghan Markle, she lost her first High Court Battle against the publisher of the Mail on Sunday. The Duchess of Sussex then agreed to pay £67,888 in legal costs.
If Meghan Markle’s own legal costs will be added up, the hearing is likely to have cost her at least £100,000. If the full trial will be pushed through next year, it is expected that the costs will spiral into the millions.
Meanwhile, it is believed that Meghan Markle has not spoken directly to Thomas Markle Sr. since May 2018. But since they are related by blood, many are still hoping for the father-daughter duo to reconcile.
However, a royal expert previously said that Meghan Markle and her father fixing their relationship is far from happening. Leslie Carroll claimed that Thomas Markle broke his daughter’s trust after he leaked private letters to the media, which led to her ongoing lawsuit.
As if that’s not enough, Thomas Markle previously shared his two cents regarding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Royal exit, and he’s not on his daughter’s side at all. He said that he’s embarrassed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ditched their roles as senior royals. He also added that the former actress “cheapened” the royal family.
