Meghan Markle to Donate Damages from Lawsuit Against 'Daily Mail' to Anti-Bullying Charity, Spokeswoman Says

Meghan Markle to Donate Damages from Lawsuit Against 'Daily Mail' to Anti-Bullying Charity, Spokeswoman Says

Meghan Markle will soon receive a "significant" sum from Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail, after winning a court case against the company in December.

Court documents seen by Harper's Bazaar confirm this news, but do not elaborate on the specific amount of damages the Duchess of Sussex can expect to receive. These damages are intended to prosecute Markle for copyright infringement after the Mail published excerpts from private letters between Markle and her father.

However, we also know that the Duchess will receive a symbolic sum of £1 for the invasion of privacy.

A royal spokesperson told Bazaar that the unspecified sum will be "donated to an anti-bullying charity."

This is a good thing, as the topic of bullying has come up many times during Markle's brief years as Duchess. When the Sussexes initiated legal proceedings against Associated Newspapers, Prince Harry issued an open letter accusing the British media of bullying his wife in the same manner as his late mother, Princess Diana.

"This behavior destroys people and destroys lives," he wrote. Simply put, it is bullying, it frightens people and silences them." We all know that this is unacceptable on any level. We do not and cannot believe in a world without accountability for such actions."

Shortly thereafter, Markle himself told one journalist, "I'm not going to be a part of this. I really tried, but I think what it does internally is probably really damaging"

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It was also alleged that Prince William bullied the Sussexes and thereby "kicked them out."

Following her victory at trial, the Duchess said in a statement, "From day one, I have treated this case as an important measure of right and wrong. Defendants have treated this as a game with no rules. The longer they dragged it out, the more they twisted the facts, manipulated public opinion (even during the appeal), and made a simple trial extra complicated in order to get more headlines and sell more newspapers. For nearly three years since this began, I have persevered in the face of deception, intimidation, and calculated attacks"

. [This confirms that The Mail on Sunday, owned by Sir Jonathan Rothermere, broke the law. The court held the defendant accountable. Because while it may seem far removed from your personal life, it is not. Because tomorrow could be you. These harmful acts are not something that happen once in a blue moon; they are everyday failures that divide us and we all deserve better."

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