The Mail on Sunday apologised to Meghan Markle in a printed statement as she won her copyright claim against the
newspaper’s publisher.

Meghan, 40, sued Associated Newspapers
Limited (ANL), the publisher of Mail Online, over five articles that reproduced
parts of a “personal and private” letter to Thomas Markle, 77, in August 2018.
The duchess won her case earlier this year when a British High Court judge
ruled in her favour without a full trial.

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ANL brought an appeal against that decision
and argued in November that the case should go to a trial on Meghan’s claims
against the publisher, including breach of privacy and copyright.

The publisher’s lawyers argued that new
evidence from Jason Knauf, former communications secretary to Prince Harry
and Meghan, suggested she wrote the letter with the understanding that it could
be leaked.

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However, the challenge was dismissed by
Court of Appeal judges in a ruling earlier this month. A statement from the
tabloid on Sunday’s front page on St Stephen’s Day said, “The Duchess of Sussex
wins her legal case for copyright infringement against Associated Newspapers
for articles published in The Mail on Sunday and posted on Mail Online – SEE
PAGE 3”.

On page three, under the heading “The
Duchess of Sussex”, it said, “Following a hearing on 19-20 January, 2021, and a
further hearing on 5 May, 2021, the Court has given judgment for the Duchess of
Sussex on her claim for copyright infringement.

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“The Court found that Associated Newspapers
infringed her copyright by publishing extracts of her handwritten letter to her
father in The Mail on Sunday and on Mail Online.

In March this year, the publisher was
ordered to print a statement on the front page of the Mail On Sunday and a
notice on page three of the paper stating it “infringed her copyright” by
publishing parts of the letter to Markle.

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Lord Justice Warby later ruled that the statement
did not have to be published “in the same position, and be in the same size
font, as the front-page trailer complained of”.