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Duchess Meghan: lawsuit against the "Mail on Sunday"
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The trial of the British publisher Associated Newspapers, which Duchess Meghan has brought, will begin later.
The date was set for January - Meghan has now achieved a nine-month postponement.
She had sued the company in October 2019 over five reports in the Mail on Sunday and its website.
The texts contained excerpts from a personal letter to her father, Thomas Markle.
According to his own account, he had passed the letter on to the tabloid because an article in the US gossip magazine "People" had put him in a bad light.
Violate copyright law
Meghan accuses "Mail on Sunday" and "Mail Online" of having violated copyright law, privacy and data protection.
The sheet also reported distorted.
The newspaper, on the other hand, argues Meghan did not have a reasonable idea of the privacy of a member of the British royal family.
The royal family is dependent on the public about themselves and their lives in order to maintain and promote their privileges.
There was "enormous and legitimate" public interest in Meghan's letter.
It was written in the Duchess' "artful handwriting", from which one could conclude that she knew that he would be seen by a wide audience.
"Confidential Reason"
The London judge Mark Warby has now announced that the hearing will be postponed.
It should begin next fall.
Why Meghan asked for this is not publicly known.
Your team has submitted a "confidential reason", the court only announced.
Judge Warby said it was the right decision "in the circumstances" to grant her motion.
Months of battle
Meghan and the publisher have been fighting each other for months.
"Associated Newspapers" wanted five friends to testify as witnesses in the trial.
Meghan wanted to prevent that, she saw the "emotional and psychological well-being" of women in danger.
The court agreed with her.
The publisher, on the other hand, had reached the end of September that he was allowed to use excerpts from the book "Finding Freedom" about Meghan and Harry for his defense.
The work traces how the two separated from the royal family.
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