Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has received a significant authorized victory within the defamation lawsuit introduced in opposition to her by her half-sister.

The go well with in opposition to the mum-of-two, 42, was introduced by Samantha Markle, 59, in March 2022, with the court docket declare stating Meghan had made “false and malicious statements” throughout her TV chat with Oprah Winfrey that aired on CBS in 2021.

Samantha had additionally accused Meghan of falsely claiming to be “an solely youngster” and alleged the duchess lied in regards to the timeframe of after they final noticed one another – and claimed Meghan publicly bashed her estranged dad Thomas Markle, 79, in an try to promote a “rags-to-royalty” narrative of her life.

Florida District Court docket Choose Charlene Edwards Honeywell has now dismissed the go well with in opposition to Meghan on Tuesday (12.03.24) with prejudice – that means Samantha can’t stage her declare once more.

Court docket paperwork obtained by Web page Six confirmed it was determined Samantha had “didn’t determine any statements that would help a declare for defamation or defamation-by-implication by this level, her third strive at amending her criticism”.

Choose Honeywell famous there have been additionally no examples of defamation to be present in Meghan and her 39-year-old husband Prince Harry’s Netflix documentary present ‘Meghan and Harry’ or Omid Scobie’s ‘Discovering Freedom’ ebook in regards to the couple.

There have been additionally no examples of defamation discovered by the decide within the couple’s hourlong sit-down interview with 70-year-old Oprah.

It was dominated Samantha equipped “mischaracterisations of the (Oprah interview) transcript” and it was determined the couple’s statements about Samantha and Thomas Markle had been “quintessential examples of opinion”.

Samantha had requested for $75,000 in damages and the price of court docket and legal professional’s charges to be lined – however Meghan hit again by branding the lawsuit “meritless”.

The duchess’ authorized group beforehand stated in an announcement: “We don’t empanel juries to rule on whether or not two persons are ‘shut,’ or whether or not one genuinely feels that they ‘grew up as an solely youngster.’

“Courts will not be geared up to adjudicate the legitimacy of an individual’s emotions about their childhood and relationships. Nor ought to they be.”

Meghan’s legal professional additionally informed the go well with was “baseless and absurd” and “a continuation of a sample of disturbing behaviour”.