U.K. appeals court sides with Meghan in privacy battle with tabloid publisher over letter to her dad
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London — A British court dismissed an appeal on Thursday by a newspaper publisher seeking to overturn a previous ruling that found the Mail on Sunday had breached the Duchess of Sussex's privacy by publishing portions of a letter she sent to her father. Britain's Court of Appeal upheld the earlier High Court decision, handed down in February, that the Mail had in fact breached Meghan's privacy in a way that was "manifestly excessive and hence unlawful."
In a statement provided by Meghan and husband Prince Harry's Archwell non-profit organization, the duchess called the appeal court's decision "a victory not just for me, but for anyone who has ever felt scared to stand up for what's right."
"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," Meghan said in the statement, adding that she had always "treated this lawsuit as an important measure of right versus wrong."
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