The Mail on Sunday will pay the Duchess of Sussex just £1 in damages for invading her privacy by publishing a private letter she had sent to her father. The outlet will also pay an unspecified sum for the separate case of infringing Meghan’s copyright by publishing large parts of the letter. Mark Stephens, a media lawyer, said the nominal settlement for the privacy aspect suggested a weakness in that aspect of Meghan’s case: “Normally for that kind of invasion of privacy you would expect £75,000 to £125,000. The Mail on Sunday also faces having to cover a substantial part of Meghan’s legal costs, which could be more than £1m. Associated Newspapers had argued that Meghan’s case should have gone to trial but judges concluded otherwise.

Source: The Guardian January 06, 2022 05:20 UTC