Meghan Markle, the victory against the British tabloids is worth 1 euro and 20 cents

One euro and 20 cents. If the value of a sentence were to be judged in money, Meghan Markle it would have little to rejoice. After two years of trial, that is, as revealed by the BBC, the compensation symbolic that the Duchess obtained from the court after suing the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday. Rei of the publication, in February 2019, of excerpts from a letter written to his father Thomas shortly after his marriage to Prince Harry in May 2018.

The newspapers, according to the judges, actually violated his privacy. “This is a victory not only for me but for anyone who has ever been afraid to fight for what is right”Markle had commented happily at the time of the sentence. Another reason to gloat: in recent days the tabloids have been forced to publicly apologize.

The sentence had made the former actress happy but many dissatisfied. Why during the proceedings all of Meghan’s lies had emerged. Excellent witnesses, for example, had brought evidence that the Duchess had written that letter of her own “Expecting it would end up in the newspapers”. For example, he was addressing the parent he hasn’t wanted to have sex with for years affectionately calling him “daddy” just “to touch the heartstrings” of the audience. British tabloid lawyers believed they had clearly demonstrated that the letter the Duchess had sued for publication “It was not an intimate communication intended only for his father”.

Nonetheless, the court agreed with the former actress. His privacy was violated. A sentence that has caused discussion. And the symbolic figure established as compensation for Markle will perhaps cause discussion as much as the sentence. In his statement immediately after the victory in court, Markle had stressed that it was a precedent capable of “reshaping a ‘tabloid industry that affects people a be cruel and profit from the lies and pain it creates“. Now it turns out that his privacy, and his pain, are worth $ 1 20 cents. But the Duchess sued the Associated Press, publisher of Daily Mail e Mail on Sunday, also for copyright infringement. And this accusation, according to the calculations of the BBC, could be worth compensation of more than a million pounds. If true, the former actress’s victory would be far less symbolic.

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