Umpteenth judicial clash between members of the British royal family and the media.
But this fight, this time, could turn to the disadvantage of the interested party.
In this case, Meghan Markle, the American actress and wife of Prince Harry.
Indeed, the last entry into the royal family had attacked Associated Newspapers - which publishes the Mail Online site, the Daily Mail and its Sunday version Mail on Sunday - for invading his privacy by publishing extracts from a handwritten letter addressed in August 2018, to her father Thomas Markle, 76, with whom she is in the cold.
Thus, to avoid a trial that could prove to be rich in detail on the life of the princely couple formed by the grandson of Elizabeth II with the former actress, his lawyers will try, this Tuesday and Wednesday, to obtain a "Summary judgment" in the High Court of London.
This would avoid going through a trial, scheduled for next fall, risking to turn to great unpacking.
A lawsuit could make the cabbage fat of the English tabloids
"This is a very simple case concerning the illegal publication of a private letter," pleaded the lawyer for the Duchess of Sussex Justin Rushbrooke on the first day of the hearing, held by videoconference due to the confinement in force. in England.
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A legal procedure in the fall which could make the cabbage fat of the British tabloids, passionate about the life of the royal family.
Especially since it would allow for example to know more about the discomfort of Meghan Markle who had not hidden feeling badly accepted by the royal family.
It could shed new light on their withdrawal from royal duties to move to California.
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For its part, Associated Newspapers, the newspaper company, considers that the articles in question, published in February 2019, were on the contrary in the public interest and allowed Thomas Markle (Meghan's father) to set the record straight.
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According to lawyers for the media company, the letter had been discussed with communications officials at Buckingham Palace before being sent and was part of a "media strategy", set to be published one day.
"It simply does not make sense for the applicant to put this kind of letter in the public domain," argued on Tuesday, Justin Rushbrooke, Meghan's lawyer.
“These were the rather sad difficulties of a family relationship, which is not in the public interest,” he concluded.
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Harry, whose mother Diana died pursued by paparazzi in Paris in 1997, has also taken legal action against British tabloids, notably for alleged phone hacks.