Meghan Markle won a temporary victory in her privacy lawsuit against Associated Newspapers on Wednesday, when a judge ruled that she can keep the identities of five friends who spoke to People magazine on her behalf anonymous for the time being at least.

The names of the friends are listed in a confidential court document , but known to the public only as A, B, C, D or E. The duchess previously said that she had no knowledge that her friends were speaking to People to defend her, but insisted that their identities remain private.

A spokesperson for Meghan told HuffPost Wednesday in a statement that the Duchess felt it was necessary to take this step to try and protect her friends as any of us would and were glad this was clear. We are happy that the Judge has agreed to protect these five individuals.

Meghan is suing Associated Newspapers, which owns the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday, for the publication of parts of a private letter that she wrote to her father, Thomas Markle, in August 2018.

The royal is seeking damages from the company over the alleged misuse of private information, copyright infringement and breach of the Data Protection Act.