Meghan Markle's half-sister suing her after alleging she lied about upbringing to Oprah Winfrey

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Meghan Markle's half-sister is suing her after alleging she lied about her upbringing in her now legendary chat with Oprah Winfrey.

Samantha Markle has made a claim to court that Meghan defamed her, and told untruths about her and the family in her interview last March.

Meghan's lawyer says the lawsuit is “baseless and absurd” and added it would receive “the minimum attention necessary”.Acting on behalf of the Duchess of Sussex, Michael Kump said: "This baseless and absurd lawsuit is just a continuation of a pattern of disturbing behaviour.

We will give it the minimum attention necessary, which is all it deserves."Samantha, whose father is also Meghan's dad, claims her “rags to royalty” tale is “false”.She asserts that Meghan “fabricated” her background story and told these untruths to the Royal Family, and the media through interviews.Samantha, 57, says that Meghan had a “premeditated campaign to destroy” the reputations of her and her father.She also claimed Meghan attempted to ruin their credibility so “they could not interfere with or contradict the false narrative and fairy tale life story concocted by the defendant”In the papers she also alleges that Meghan told lies when she said to Oprah that she “essentially raised herself from virtual poverty” and was forced to have low-paying jobs to “make ends meet” when she was 13.Meghan has also claimed she had no siblings, little contact with her half brother and sister and that her family could only afford the £3.75 salad in the lawsuit, which Samantha also states are incorrect.She also denies Meghan’s allegation that they only met “a handful of times” and that she “never had a relationship with” her or their dad.Meghan told Oprah she had not seen her half-sister in "at