The court battle between Meghan Markle and the Mail on Sunday may not be over as the newspaper group said it is considering taking the case to the Supreme Court.
This morning Meghan won the latest battle over the Mail's decision to publish extracts from a letter she sent her estranged dad Thomas Markle.
Associated Newspapers Limited had their appeal against the summary judgement thrown out by the Court of Appeal - but they may now appeal once again, to the Supreme Court.
A statement from the media company read: “We are very disappointed by the decision of the Court of Appeal.
"It is our strong view that judgment should be given only on the basis of evidence tested at trial, and not on a summary basis in a heavily contested case, before even disclosure of documents.
"No evidence has been tested in cross-examination, as it should be, especially when Mr Knauf's evidence raises issues as to the Duchess's credibility.
“After People magazine published an attack on Mr Markle, based on false briefings from the Duchess's friends wrongly describing the letter as a loving letter, it was important to show that the letter was no such thing.
"Both the letter and People magazine also seriously misrepresented the reasons for Mr Markle's non-attendance at the royal wedding.
"The articles corrected these matters, and raised other issues of public interest including the reasons for the breakdown in the relationship between the Duchess and her father.
“We are considering an appeal to the Supreme Court in the United Kingdom.”
The 40-year-old duchess had sued Associated Newspapers Limited over five articles that reproduced parts of a "personal and private" letter to Mr Markle, 77, in August 2018.
The duchess won her case earlier this year when a High Court judge ruled in her favour without a full trial.
But the publisher brought an appeal and, at a three-day hearing in November, argued the case should go to a trial on Meghan's claims against the publisher - including breach of privacy and copyright.
Three senior judges handed down their decision on that appeal at 10am in which the appeal was dismissed.
The Duchess issued a powerful statement following the ruling that called hers a "victory not just for me, but for anyone who has ever felt scared to stand up for what’s right".
Meghan said: "This is a victory not just for me, but for anyone who has ever felt scared to stand up for what's right."
"From day one, I have treated this lawsuit as an important measure of right versus wrong.
"The defendant has treated it as a game with no rules.
"The longer they dragged it out, the more they could twist facts and manipulate the public (even during the appeal itself), making a straightforward case extraordinarily convoluted in order to generate more headlines and sell more newspapers - a model that rewards chaos above truth.
"In the nearly three years since this began, I have been patient in the face of deception, intimidation and calculated attacks."
The statement went on: "The courts have held the defendant to account and my hope is that we all begin to do the same.
"Because as far removed as it may seem from your personal life, it's not. Tomorrow it could be you.
"These harmful practices don't happen once in a blue moon - they are a daily fail that divide us and we all deserve better."
