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Meghan Markle 's successful dismissal of her half-sister's defamation lawsuit, it's timely to reflect on the strained relationship between the
Duchess of Sussex and Samantha Markle. Samantha launched a defamation case against estranged sister Meghan in March 2022. This came just after Harry and Meghan 's explosive Oprah interview and before their bombshell
Netflix docuseries was thrust into the public eye. Samantha accused Meghan of defaming her by both sharing information with an unofficial biography called 'Finding Freedom' and also divulging details about their relationship on live TV with
Oprah Winfrey which rocked the monarchy. She also claimed that Meghan and Harry's docuseries, which was added to Netflix a year ago, spread "malicious, hurtful, and damaging lies". Samantha updated her lawsuit just hours before the judge's two-week deadline, after he initially agreed to dismiss the original claim according to the Mirror . Read More Related Articles Meghan and Harry claim they'd 'have been annihilated' over Kate's photo editing fail Read More Related Articles
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Royal Family At the time, Samantha claimed that Meghan attempted to "demonise" her and depict her as a "liar and fame seeker" on her show. She also suggested that some of Meghan's supporters had begun "hate-filled smear campaigns" against her. However, it has now been revealed that the case is to be dismissed, with prejudice, meaning she cannot raise the claim again. But this isn't the only issue Meghan and Samantha have had before, because their feud has been long-running for many years. Samantha is Meghan's half-sister on her dad's side. (Image: Channel 7) According to Samantha, she and Meghan were close when they were growing up, although this is not backed by the Duchess. The pair are 17 years apart and did not grow up at the same time. In 2018, Vanity Fair reported that Doria Ragland and
Thomas Markle "moved in together a couple of years before Meghan was born, along with Samantha and Thomas junior, who had relocated to L.A. after living with their mum. Join the Daily Record's
WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. And according to the article, "Samantha and Thomas Jr were 'unruly'." During Meghan's chat with Oprah in 2021, she declared: "I grew up as an only child, which everyone who grew up around me knows, and I wished I had siblings." Samantha is estranged from Meghan, and the pair have not spoken for more than a decade, since her "early twenties", it has been claimed. Samantha, Meghan Markle's half-sister, wasn't invited to the
Royal wedding. Samantha shared her feelings at the time by saying: "Out of respect and humanitarianism, the Markles should be invited if 2,000 complete strangers are. Our uncle, brother, me, best friend of 30 years, nephews. At issue is not a matter of closeness. Family is family." Royals latest news Elton 'blacklisted' Harry at
Oscars Kate's 'golden opportunity' for Sussexes Meghan 'would love' to return part-time 17 issues with the Mother's Day photo After Meghan became part of the Royal Family, Samantha spoke about her half-sister in several interviews and even wrote a book called The Diary of Princess Pushy's Sister: A Memoir, Part One. In Samantha's book, she mentioned how she found herself "caught in between the cross hairs of media mayhem, as she defends herself, and her father, by dispelling social labels, and 'fake news', when her sister marries a Duke, and a Royal fairy plummets from ''the tea towels'." It finished with: "Samantha holds firmly over all perceptions, 'plots' and 'ultimatums'. The truth is stranger than fiction." Get the latest celebrity gossip and telly news sent straight to your inbox. Sign up to our daily Showbiz newsletter here . Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Follow Daily Record
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