The moment Meghan Markle was linked to Prince Harry in 2016, the attacks on her — about everything from her fashion choices to her biracial background — began. In the days and weeks leading up to what was supposed to be her fairytale wedding, U.K. outlets ran interviews with Markle’s estranged father, Thomas, making the former Suits actress out to be a heartless climber who’d callously turned her back on her family. In February 2019, The Mail on Sunday published excerpts from a five-page handwritten letter Markle had sent her dad after her May 2018 nuptials, detailing her private anguish over his talking to the media. Markle, says a source, was “heartbroken” by the exposé.
The press eventually moved on — and it seemed Meghan and Harry did too. On May 6, they welcomed son Archie, and they went on a well- received royal tour of Africa in late September. But on Oct. 1, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex released a bombshell statement announcing they were suing Associated Newspapers (which owns The Mail on Sunday) for misuse of private information, infringement of copyright and breach of the 2018 Data Protection Act for printing the note. Then on Oct. 4, it was revealed that Meghan, 38, and Harry, 35, were also suing the owners of The Sun and the Daily Mirror for allegedly hacking Harry’s phone and illegally intercepting voice-mail messages.
This story is from the October 21, 2019 edition of Us Weekly.
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