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Duchess Meghan is said to receive symbolic compensation: a pound for invasion of privacy

2022-01-05T15:07:25.140Z


Because tabloids violated the privacy of Duchess Meghan, she would actually be entitled to around 100,000 pounds. But in this case, according to a media report, the compensation should be significantly lower.


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Duchess Meghan is said to receive compensation of a symbolic pound (equivalent to around 1.20 euros) after winning the lawsuit against the "Mail on Sunday".

This is reported by the Guardian, citing court documents.

Meghan had sued the publishing house of the tabloid - the newspaper group Associated Newspapers - because it had partially published a personal letter to her father.

The court had recognized an inadmissible invasion of your privacy and found Meghan right.

"Normally you would expect 75,000 to 125,000 pounds for such an invasion of privacy," said media attorney Mark Stephens the Guardian.

That would correspond to around 90,000 to 150,000 euros.

It could get more expensive for the publisher

On the other hand, the defeat in the case of Meghan's copyright infringement through the publication of the letter is likely to be more expensive for the publisher.

In addition, according to the report, the newspaper will have to pay a portion of Meghan's court costs, which could amount to more than a million pounds.

Duchess Meghan had previously emphasized that the legal dispute was not about money, but about principles.

Any sums that Meghan would benefit from from the trial should be donated, according to a spokesman.

Newspapers admit defeat

On Boxing Day, the "Mail on Sunday" and the "MailOnline" acknowledged their defeat against Meghan in an official statement.

It was part of the requirements to publish such a declaration in the gazette and online.

Meghan has a difficult relationship with her father.

In the 2018 letter, she asked him not to speak to tabloids or to make false claims about her in interviews.

The now 77-year-old pensioner had passed the letter on to the journalists of the "Mail on Sunday".

Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry were married in May 2018.

In March 2020, the couple officially retired from the front row of the British royal family.

The family now lives mainly in Meghan's homeland, California.

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Source: spiegel

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