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The Telegraph.

On Tuesday, the Court heard arguments about a People magazine article in which the existence of the letter was first made public, saying it made a “number of serious defamatory allegations” about Mr Markle that he could defend himself from “only by disclosing the text of the letter”.

Mr Caldecott said the article made a "serious allegation" that Mr Markle would not take his daughter and son-in-law’s phone calls and “never texted” in the lead-up to the wedding, adding that it fortified “the impression he had heartlessly ignored his daughter at this most important time”.

In fact, he told the court, it was contradicted by pre-wedding texts telling the Duchess he had undergone heart surgery, was unable to fly, and was sorry.

"It's all so close now and I can't wait to walk you down the aisle,” he told his daughter, in the lead-up to the wedding, before messaging to say he was safe in an American hospital and would have to stay there.

After heart surgery, he said: “The doctor will not allow me to fly so of course I can't come. Love you and wish you the best of everything."

He later added: "Who will be giving you away? If you really need me, I will come. I'm sorry about all of this."

Saying the relevant messages were absent from Lord Justice Warby’s summary, ANL called the judgment “one-sided when all the texts are considered”.