Despite Meghan’s efforts to maintain privacy, a U.S. lawyer has warned that she may no longer have control over the correspondence now that it has been delivered.
Dean Strang, the attorney who appeared in Netflix’s Making a Murderer, said he was “amazed” that the Sussex camp decided to send the letter at all, given that its privacy now rests with the recipient.
“You know, you sent it to him, what he does with it…” Strang said on the I Rest My Case podcast, adding, “You can’t expect a control.”
He explained that under U.S. law, private correspondence becomes difficult to protect once it has been sent. After delivery, the sender effectively gives up control over what happens to the letter, shifting the balance of power to the recipient.
Meghan’s Statement on the Situation
The Duchess of Sussex, who has been estranged from her father since 2018, released a statement through a spokesperson in December addressing the situation. The statement noted that her attempts to contact Thomas Markle had been “exceedingly difficult,” but confirmed that a letter had been delivered following his surgery.