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The Duchess of Sussex is in the midst of a legal battle with the Mail on Sunday’s parent company, Associated Newspapers, whom she is suing for breach of privacy over the publication of a letter she wrote to her father, Thomas Markle, 75. Now, after Meghan submitted an application asking for the case to be adjourned, she has won her bid for the trial to be delayed for almost a year.
The Sun reports that the bid proved successful today after the Duchess cited a ‘confidential matter’. The 10-day trial was set to take place in London on 11 January with the Duchess due to give evidence against her father. A case management hearing was set to take place today, Thursday 29 October, but the trial judge, Mr Justice Warby, will instead now hear the application for adjournment (in a remote hearing) that is expected to last half a day. Another aspect of Meghan’s legal case, the costs and case management, was due to be discussed today by Judge Francesca Kaye, in what would have been one in the series of preliminary hearings.
The request comes after Associated Newspapers’ lawyers asked and won the right to include the Finding Freedom biography in their client’s…
