Harry and Meghan - OP updated with Threadbanned Users 4/5/21

realistically there wouldn't have been much of an argument about the extent of the damage done i suspect, and ANL would have lost that as well just like they lost over and over again and would have lost in the supreme court and would have lost had the courts wasted their time in giving them a trial.

however, i would tend to agree that the job was ultimately done and the mail on sunday exposed, so taking the pound 1 and laughing at the big babies throwing their toys out of the pram probably was appealing.

i am sure meghan and harry are well aware the mail will keep writing but they have won and that is all that matters, the mail will just keep giving itself more and more roap.

If it's a confidential settlement then how does Omid know that it is substantial?

Precedent? In essence the summary judgement was that printing 500 words of a circa 1200 worded letter which was given to them by the recipient was excessive and was by law both a breach of copyright and privacy. That was all it really was and, yes, it was excessive but to take a case based on that was on a hiding to nothing as it played out.

For all the grandstanding about principles and taking a stand the net result is a quid paid out and a public reputation seemingly irrevocably tarnished as a liar. I just don't see what the win here is for them.

I'm not sure what you call someone who made a statement about no involvement in a biography but via court was shown to have plentiful involvement but I call such a person a liar. I don't buy the forgetting excuse either. The statement about no involvement would surely have stood before Knauf gave testimony and, in advance of it potentially reaching a trial and the prospect of perjury arising, then Meghan came clean with a BS apology. Given that then I'd imagine that the £1 pay off was reflective of the judge awarding the bare minimum to someone on the right side of the law for the case they took but a rebuttal about them taking the piss out of the court with pathetic excuses of forgetfulness or more politely "At best an unfortunate lapse of memory."

Well, ANL simply has come to a conclusion that "it isn't wise to stand in a fool's way" any longer...

And we all know that it wasn't a fair trial. Have her 5 friends brought to a court to testify?

they won't because only their readers care what they say where as the rest of the world has long moved on or see the british tabloids for what they are and believe nothing they say.

as well as that they also lost their big prize and that was their royal highnesses as massive money makers so no matter how much they throw the toys out of the pram ANL still lose.

meghan hasn't proven herself a liar at all, rather people believe she is one but not on any sort of actual reliable of evidence realistically.

The case wasn't fair because the reason why her father breached her privacy was because he was defended himself after an article in which her friends leaked this letter. If she and her friends didn't leak it this all would be no issue then. But Meghan got an order in US not to reveal all this truth. So how case, when there are so many facts not taken into account be fair?

it was a fair case because the only thing that was relevant is whether the MOS breached her privacy, the "facts" which weren't really facts don't change that reality and don't ultimately justify the breach because it couldn't ultimately be justified as the UK have very strong privacy laws and the MOS breached them in this instance so got what they deserved and brought it on themselves by being arrogant.

the MOS were never going to be able to provide anything to prove they didn't breach her privacy.

thomas markle was just looking to sell stories hence leaked the letter.

the vast majority of people don't care about them either way, they have actual fish to fry, and there is a lot more sympathy out there for them then one would believe, however ultimately all of us commenting on them still are a tiny minority.

who did and didn't walk her down the isle was her decision and her business, it's the biggest non-issue in history and it was her and harry's wedding, not yours or anyone else's.

they don't owe you or anyone anything, if they chose not to reveal the god parents that is their choice and business, it's nothing to do with you or anyone else, you might be interested but it's not on them to cater to one's personal curiosity.

Most people support most rights, thats just true.

however, you cant court media attention and then cry foul when you garner media attention. thats just silly.

the same way you cant be an advocate for gun control, while running around with an AR15 spraying bullets at ever target.

Or you cant be an advocate for climate control, while jetting around on private jets.

seems like common sense to me

Absolutely not. I support privacy rights for everyone. And I support a right for defence as well. No court in the world would give a sentence without taking into account a right of accused person to defend themselves, to have their say.

And the same is with a "court" of public opinion and judgement. It can't be that some facts from a letter are known to public and another are not allowed.

And that was in her case. She first leaked things from her letter through her friends to a magazine in US, which put her father in a bad light. So her father trying to defend himself leaked more from this letter to prove his point. He had the right to defend himself. If the first leak didn't happened, so it would be no need to leak more. But first leak was not considered (and it was very high probability, that it was her, who leaked it), because she availed an order in US court protecting her friends (and her).