Meghan and Prince Harry deny participation in the book "Finding Freedom"
Through their lawyers, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry denied that they had participated in the making of the book "Finding Freedom" (Finding freedom), which reveals the estrangement of the couple from the British monarchy.
The 39-year-old former American actress sued Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Mail Online, Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers in London, accusing her of invading her privacy by publishing excerpts from a letter to her father Thomas in August 2018. Markle, with whom he maintains tense relations.
Attorneys for Associated Newspapers said Monday that they wanted to modify their defense, saying the Duchess of Sussex had "cooperated with the authors" of "Finding Freedom," a book published on August 11 by journalists Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, " in particular by giving them or allowing them to receive information about the letter ".
"The plaintiff and her husband did not collaborate with the authors of the book, they were not interviewed for him or provided photographs," said Justin Rushbrooke, the lawyer for the former actress.
And he specified that neither Meghan nor Harry, grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and sixth in the line of succession to the British throne, had spoken with the two journalists, to whom their client never "gave the impression (that she) wanted the content of the letter is reproduced in the book. "
When excerpts from "Finding Freedom" were published in The Times in July, a spokesman for the Dukes of Sussex stated that they had not contributed to the book.
However, some friends of Harry and Meghan spoke with the authors, who wrote a book quite favorable to the couple, stating in particular that the prince, 36, was the driving force behind the decision to retire from the royal family, when many tabloids incriminated the American actress.
Following their departure from the royal family, announced in January and effective since early April, Meghan and Harry moved first to Canada and then quickly to California, where they now live with their son Archie.
