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Meghan Markle to receive £1 in damages over privacy invasion

Meghan Markle sued Associated Newspapers Limited, also the publisher of MailOnline, over five articles
Meghan Markle sued Associated Newspapers Limited, also the publisher of MailOnline, over five articles

The publisher of UK's Mail On Sunday has agreed to pay Meghan Markle £1 nominal damages for misuse of private information and an undisclosed sum for copyright infringement.

Ms Markle sued Associated Newspapers Limited, also the publisher of MailOnline, over five articles that reproduced parts of a "personal and private" letter to Thomas Markle in August 2018.

She won her case last year, when a High Court judge ruled in her favour without a full trial, and Court of Appeal judges subsequently dismissed an appeal by Associated Newspapers.

Some detail of the money the duchess will receive emerged today, when a written case order, which was made by appeal judges and summarises the outcome of Court of Appeal litigation, was made public.