It’s definitely no secret that the Royal Family and the UK tabloids have been less than kind to Meghan Markle, so much so that she’s left the former for a better life in a much publicised ‘Megxit’ and bringing a court case to the latter for breaching her privacy.
And if the legal docs in the court case against the UK tabloids is any indication, Meghan Markle is holding nothing back against anyone, especially the Royal Family.
The GOAT team dive right into the Megxit drama on ‘It’s Been A Big Day For…’ below:
According to legal docs obtained by The Daily Beast and HuffPost, Prince Harry and Meghan are suing the Mail On Sunday for breach of copyright and invasion of privacy after publishing a letter she wrote to her father, which was previously mentioned in a People magazine interview involving five of her friends.
The docs state that Meghan did not give permission or collaborate with her friends to do the interview and she definitely wouldn’t have given her consent had she known about it beforehand since she only found out about the People magazine interview on the day it was published.
As juicy as this is, it pales in comparison to how this court case inadvertently revealed just how awful the Royal Family were to Meghan Markle. Yes you will need popcorn and tea for this.
The documents state that Meghan’s friends independently decided to talk to the media after a “large number of false and damaging articles by the UK tabloid media” came out and caused “tremendous emotional distress and damage to her mental health.”
But the juiciest bit of the legal docs claim that not only did the “Institution” do nothing to protect Meghan but she also wasn’t allowed to defend herself against the tabloid media, especially during the whole Megxit fiasco.
“As her friends had never seen her in this state before, they were rightly concerned for her welfare, specifically as she was pregnant, unprotected by the Institution, and prohibited from defending herself.”
In a particularly spicy swipe at the Kensington Palace communications team, Meghan’s lawyers claim that there was a strict policy in place that asked her friends and family to say “no comment” to any media outlet, even if misinformation was being spread.
“This shared frustration amongst the Claimant’s friends left everyone feeling silenced, as it appeared that other so-called sources were able to disseminate false statements about the Claimant, while the people who knew her best were told that they needed to remain silent.
“The Claimant believes that it is probably because of this reason, as well as concerns about the press intrusion by the UK tabloids, that a few friends chose to participate and they did so anonymously.”
Through this court case, it seems like Meghan Markle is fighting two battles: one against the tabloids and one against the Royal Family. The big question now is who will emerge the victor?
On one hand, Meghan Markle should’ve known exactly what she was getting into when she married Prince Harry since we’ve seen all this happen before with no problems when Kate married Prince William so there may not be much sympathy, especially after Megxit.
But on the other hand, this spilling of scalding hot tea on the Royal Family’s alleged treatment of Meghan Markle (and Prince Harry to an extent) may well win her sympathy from the massive public who still love her.
It certainly remains to be seen how the next phase of this Meghan Markle/Royal Family/UK tabloids battle royale pans out. We can probably say that any chance of seeing Prince Harry crawl back to his family after has dropped considerably.
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