The world will today learn whether Meghan Markle has fought off the first counter attack by the Mail on Sunday newspaper in her High Court privacy case.
The tabloid's lawyers have applied to have key elements of her argument alleging an "agenda" to portray her in a "damaging light" ruled inadmissable.
Judge Mark Warby will issue his decision remotely at midday in Britain (7 a.m. ET) by email to the two sets of lawyers.
Results are often sent out to lawyers under strict embargo ahead of time so the parties in a case can prepare.
Among the sections that could be removed from the initial court filing outlining her case are nine stories which she claims show the newspaper and its sister titles waged a campaign against her.
The articles include one linking avocado production to human rights abuses that used her well-publicized love of the fruit as a way in.
Also mentioned in the filing is a story describing her as "(almost) straight outta Compton" and another claiming a mosque, which housed a community kitchen she supported, was linked to 19 terror suspects.
However, Antony White, a lawyer representing the newspaper, told the High Court that Meghan's interpretation of the stories was "extreme" and said they were irrelevant to an action for privacy, copyright and breach of data laws.
Meghan filed the case after the Mail on Sunday printed extracts from a deeply personal letter she sent her father in the months after her wedding.
Thomas Markle Sr., 75, did not make the trip to walk his daughter down the aisle at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on May 19.
Early that month, he was outed by the Mail on Sunday for staging paparazzi pictures for money, with images showing his preparations to attend. Then, in the week before the wedding, he announced he would not be making the trip to Britain and was admitted to the hospital following a heart attack.
Meghan has made it clear she blames his absence on the newspaper "shaming" him by exposing his faked photographs, rather than his health problems.
Court filings reveal the frantic last ditch efforts made by Meghan and Prince Harry to talk him around in heated text messages.
One sent days before the Windsor Castle ceremony read: "Tom, Harry again! Really need to speak to u.
"U do not need to apologize, we understand the circumstances but 'going public' will only make the situation worse.
"If u love Meg and want to make it right please call me as there are two other options which don't involve u having to speak to the media, who incidentally created this whole situation.
"So please call me so I can explain. Meg and I are not angry, we just need to speak to u. Thanks."
He added: "Oh any speaking to the press WILL backfire, trust me Tom. Only we can help u, as we have been trying from day 1."
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