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PEOPLE & ARTS Wednesday 2 OctOber 2019
Meghan sues British tabloid over personal letter

LONDON (AP) — British roy- as Meghan Markle before ingly false and malicious,
al Meghan, the Duchess of the couple married in May and though we have con-
Sussex, has sued a tabloid 2018. tinued to put on a brave
newspaper that she claims In a long statement lam- face - as so many of you
illegally published a per- basting British tabloids more can relate to - I cannot be-
sonal letter she wrote to her broadly, Harry said the gin to describe how painful
father. lawsuit had "been many it has been," Harry said.
The civil lawsuit accuses the months in the making" fol- A Mail on Sunday spokes-
Mail on Sunday of copy- lowing a "ruthless cam- man told Britain's Press As-
right infringement, misuse paign" to smear Meghan sociation the paper "stands
of private information and by a "press pack that has by the story it published
violating the U.K"s data vilified her almost daily" and will be defending this
protection law with the "in- and created "lie after lie case vigorously.
trusive" publication of the at her expense" during her "Specifically, we categori-
letter, a spokeswoman for maternity leave. cally deny that the duch-
Schillings, the law firm han- "I have been a silent wit- ess's letter was edited in Britain's Meghan Duchess of Sussex, visits the Mothers2Mothers
organisation, which trains and employs women living with HIV
dling the case, said. ness to her private suffering any way that changed its as frontline health workers across eight African nations, in Cape
Prince Harry accused the for too long. To stand back meaning," the spokesman Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019.
Mail on Sunday of editing and do nothing would be said. Associated Press
the letter in "an intention- contrary to everything we Harry has lashed out at Brit-
ally destructive manner" to believe in," the prince said ish celebrity news cover- ment of her biracial heri- while being pursued by pa-
"manipulate" readers with in the statement posted on age before. He lashed out tage by some media. parazzi, as the reason he
an unflattering portrayal the couple's royal website. at aggressive paparazzi In Tuesday's statement, he knew the move to take a
of his wife, who was the "There is a human cost to that stalked Meghan's ev- mentioned his late mother, tabloid to court "may not
American actress known this relentless propaganda, ery move when they were Princess Diana, who died in be the safe one, it is the
specifically when it is know- dating and offensive treat- an August 1997 car crash right one..q
Reggae stars:

UK marks

house where

Bob Marley,

Wailers lived

LONDON (AP) — The musi-
cian and songwriter Bob
Marley has been honored
with an English Heritage
blue plaque at the west
London address where he
and his band the Wailers
lived in 1977.
The Jamaican-born reg-
gae star joins John Len-
non, Freddie Mercury, Mo-
zart and other musicians
and composers who have
been honored with a rare
blue plaque.
The plaque was unveiled
Tuesday at 42 Oakley Street
in the Chelsea neighbor-
hood. Anecdotal reports
from witnesses indicate
the house was the band's
headquarters and Marley's
primary address.
It was unveiled by Rastafar-
ian writer Benjamin Zepha-
niah and broadcaster Da-
vid Olusoga, who called
Marley "a cultural icon
who blazed a trail for other
black artists."
The band was recording its
renowned "Exodus" album
at the time.
Marley died in 1981 at the
height of his fame.q