Meghan Markle Accused of Leaking Information to Bring Down Royal

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has been accused of conspiring with journalist Omid Scobie to leak sensitive information about the Royal family.

Critics of the former American actress claim that she used Jason Kanauf, her former communications chief at Kensington Palace, to pass a letter to Scobie, who co-authored an unauthorized biography of the Royal couple called Finding Freedom.

Royal expert Angela Levin, a staunch opponent of the US-based Royal couple, commented on the claims, stating that Jason Kanauf is an honorable man.

She also added that Meghan's claims that a letter she sent to her father was private and intended for his eyes only have been proved false by texts she sent to a Royal aide that reveal the former Suits star wrote it with public consumption in mind.

The Court of Appeal heard today that Meghan's denials of cooperating with the authors of Finding Freedom were contradicted by evidence from Jason Kanauf.

The publisher of the Mail on Sunday and Mail Online also began its challenge of a High Court judgment that found their decision to publish extracts of Meghan's 2018 letter was unlawful.

Andrew Coldacott QC, for ANL, told judges that the new evidence from Mr. Kanauf in the form of texts raises questions about Meghan's credibility.

He argued that the letter was written with public consumption in mind as a possibility.

Far from being an intimate communication for her father's eyes only, Meghan wrote the letter knowing Thomas Markle might disclose it to the media, he said, adding that the fundamental point turns out to be false on the new evidence.

The letter was crafted specifically with the potential of public consumption in mind.

ANL believes that Thomas Markle had the right to reveal the contents of the letter to correct some inaccuracies contained in an article in People magazine, which featured an interview with five friends of Meghan who spoke in detail about the same note.

ANL also said that new evidence from Jason Kanauf contradicts the pleadings before the judge when he ruled in her favor earlier this year.

Mr. Kanauf also alleges that Meghan co-operated with the authors of Finding Freedom, which she also previously denied in the High Court case.

Mr. Caldicott said, at or about the same time as the People article appeared, the claimant co-operated with the authors of a book, later entitled Finding Freedom, through her communications secretary Jason Kanauf in autumn and winter 2018.

The claimant has expressly denied any such co-operation with one minor concession which we say is now contradicted by the evidence of Mr. Kanauf.

The book was not published until August 2020, long after the articles she complained about, but it substantially reproduces the claimant's case about her father's bad behavior prior to the wedding.

Against this background, ANL submits it as a strongly argued case that by the time of the publication of the articles, the claimant no longer had a reasonable expectation of privacy, given it was written with public consumption in mind at least as a possibility.

Or if it didn't, it was diminished and outweighed by Mr. Markle's right of reply, the need for correction and wider public interest, those three concepts all being distinct and all engaged.

Lastly, the claimant's pleaded case can be shown to be materially false by contemporaneous documents.

Subject to one limited admission, the claimant denied any co-operation with the authors of the book, Finding Freedom.

She also denied that she even suspected that Mr. Markle would leak the letter and therefore was written as an entirely private document.

We say this raises questions about her credibility.

The accusations against Meghan Markle have sparked outrage among Royal supporters, with many calling for her to be held accountable for her actions.

The Royal family has not yet commented on the matter, but it is expected that they will release a statement in due course.

In conclusion, the allegations against Meghan Markle are serious and could have far-reaching consequences for her reputation and standing within the Royal family.

It remains to be seen how this scandal will unfold, but one thing is clear: the Duchess of Sussex has some explaining to do.