There is not a day that Kate Middleton is not in the news in recent weeks. Following the controversy over edited photographs of her, the allegedly fake video, and conspiracy theories about her state of health; The Princess of Wales has been hit by another scandal in which she initially had nothing to do with: the legal battle between Meghan Markle and her stepsister, Samatha Markle.
The Duchess of Sussex celebrated a few days ago that Judge Charlene Edwards Honey agreed with her after dismissing the lawsuit filed by her stepsister Samantha for the controversial interview she and her husband, Prince Harry, offered with Oprah Winfrey. According to Samantha Markle, the duchess lied about her childhood, mounting “a campaign to defame and destroy the reputation of her sister and her father.”
For this reason, Samantha Markle requested 70,000 euros in damages for what she considered to be lies. The judge dismissed it, and now her lawyer, Peter Ticktin, has not only confirmed that they will appeal and request a change of judge, but that they will call Kate Middleton as a witness against her sister-in-law.
A surprising twist, especially considering that the figure of Kate Middleton hardly fits into this entire story. However, Ticktin has spoken to Vanitatis and explained how the Princess of Wales could change the judge’s mind.
“The first thing we will do is appeal the decision in the circuit court of appeals, and we hope that this three-judge panel will see it differently,” explains Ticktin, a close friend of Donald Trump, for whom he has worked on notable cases. In fact, presenting it before that court has its reasons, since the judge dismissed the case “with prejudice”, which means that the case has definitively concluded and Samantha Markle will not be able to take her sister to trial again for these events.
However, Ticktin is convinced that the judge would have “political inclinations” against the British royal house, so the appeal will serve to prove it. “The judge didn’t read the lawsuit just as a legal issue,” he says.
That’s where the figure of Kate Middleton comes in. Ticktin assures that the trial was held for months and only now, in the midst of a media storm for the Princess of Wales, is the sentence made public. “We have not been able to prove that she was impartial, simply that her decision was not correct.”
Ticktin is convinced that the Circuit Court of Appeals will accept his request, and he hopes that the case will be taken “de novo,” which means that upon review, the appeals court does not consider the decision made in the trial court and analyzes the issue as if the trial court had not made any decision on it.
Ticktin is sure they have a new opportunity. “Do not assume that we are not here. The case continues.”
