Meghan Markle admits taking part in unofficial biography

Meghan Markle admitted to the British courts of having provided information to the authors of an unofficial biography on her and her husband Prince Harry, contrary to what she had previously indicated in the lawsuit brought to a British tabloid.

The 40-year-old American actress won her privacy breach lawsuit against the

in February

.

She accuses him of publishing a letter written in 2018, in which she asked her father Thomas Markle, 77, to stop pouring out and lying in the media about their broken relationship.

The tabloid with large circulation is now contesting this decision, during an appeal examined until Thursday in London.

The Duchess of Sussex's accusations there appeared to have been weakened by testimony Wednesday from Jason Knauf, the couple's former communications secretary now in California.

Meghan admitted to having been involved in writing the book

Bringing water to the

mill

which wants to demonstrate that Meghan Markle regularly sought to influence public opinion, the latter claimed to have provided on behalf of the couple private information to the authors of the unofficial biography of the royal couple ,

("Harry and Meghan, free"). According to him, the book project being "routinely discussed" and "directly with the Duchess, in person and by e-mail".

In written testimony provided to the court, Meghan admitted to having been involved in the writing of the book - which she and her husband had always denied until then - and apologized for misleading the court by failing to not having specified it at first instance.

"I acknowledge that Jason Knauf provided information to the authors and that he did so with my knowledge," she explains, adding, however, that "the extent of the information he had shared (was) unknown to him. ".

"I apologize to the court for not remembering these exchanges at the time," continues the Duchess.

Huge media pressure

Meghan Markle, however, argued that the information shared with the authors was "a far cry from the very detailed personal information" that the

had published.

Prince Harry, 37, sixth in the order of succession to the British crown, has repeatedly denounced media pressure on his couple and made it the main reason for his withdrawal from the royal family, effective since April 2020.

The British tabloids, often without pity against the Duchess, made their fat out of his backpedal.

devoted its headline Thursday to a caricature of Meghan, nicknamed "Madam Dazed," in reference to the

children's book series

.

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