Meghan's friends entitled to 'super-charged confidentiality', high court told

Duchess of Sussex suing owner of Mail on Sunday and Mail Online in privacy battle

Lawyers for the Duchess of Sussex have claimed five female friends who spoke anonymously to a US magazine to defend her against British tabloid bullying are entitled to a super-charged right of confidentiality" as she fought to protect their identities in her privacy battle against the Mail on Sunday.

Forcing her to make public their names was an unacceptable price to pay" for pursuing her legal action over publication of extracts from a private letter she wrote to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, 75, the high court in London heard.