Recently the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been heavily featured in the press for their lawsuit against the Mail On Sunday. Meghan Markle is suing the publication over the misuse of private information, infringement of copyright, and breach of the Data Protection Act 2008 after it released excerpts from a private letter she wrote to her father earlier this year. Additionally, the Duchess has been accused of leaking the contents of said letter prior to its publication.
Withers’ media law specialist, Amber Melville Brown has been a resource for several publications concerning the royals’ media battle. She has authored or been featured in the following articles:
- The royal precedents that could decide Meghan Markle’s legal battle – Spear’s, October 3, 2019
- Prince Harry and Meghan break tradition by choosing aggressive law firm to sue newspaper – The Times, October 3, 2019
- Why Prince Harry and Meghan are right to take newspaper to court – The Brief, October 4, 2019
- Courting more controversy: How Harry and Meghan could face ‘the privacy trial of the century’ – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, October 6, 2019
- Why did Prince Harry choose now to sue the newspapers? – The Times, October 10, 2019
- Meghan Markle may have leaked the contents of her own letter even before her dad gave it to the Mail on Sunday – INSIDER, October 10, 2019
- When Harry met his ancestors, on the way to the law courts: Volume 1 – Inforrm, November 7, 2019
- When Harry met his ancestors, on the way to the law courts: Volume 2 – Inforrm, November 8, 2019
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