Yes another High Court hearing today in Meghan v Mail on Sunday case (which she won on privacy grounds recently).
These arguments concern outstanding issues of copyright of Meghan's letter to her father.
A contested issue because her former Palace press secretary had seen a draft
In Meghan's submission, Jason Knauf - former Comms Sec at Kensington Palace - states:
- he "was not an author of the Electronic Draft"
- he "does not own any copyright in the Electronic Draft"
- he "had no wish, and did not consent, to being joined as a party in the proceedings"
Additionally, lawyers for Buckingham Palace have submitted - via the Keeper of the Privy Purse "acting on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen" - that they "do not consider the Crown to be the copyright owner of the Electronic Draft" of Meghan's letter to her father.
These statements matter because part of the Mail on Sunday's defence was that Meghan considered using her letter to her father “as part of a media strategy".
Meghan submission states:
- "she, and she alone, created the Electronic Draft which she then transcribed by hand"
- she started drafting the letter the Notes app of her iPhone in Aug 2018, "spending many hours working on it, until it was in a form with which she was happy."
Meghan's submission says:
- she shared a draft of her iPhone letter "with her husband and Mr Knauf for support, as this was a deeply painful process that they had lived through with her"
- Jason Knauf provided comments "in the form of 'general ideas' as opposed to actual wording"
Meghan's lawyers say Jason Knauf "suggested that a reference to Mr Markle’s ill-health be included" in the letter.
Meghan "accepted this advice" but not "any specific wording".
She finalised the iPhone draft "which she then transcribed by hand to her father as the Letter".
Meghan had previously been awarded 90% of the legal costs of her application for a Summary Judgement (which the Judge subsequently granted). The Duchess now seeks "the remaining 10% of her costs" which were reserved.
Meghan legal team admits that Press Secretary Jason Knauf "worked on the draft" of Meghan's letter to Thomas Markle - but when it comes to the copyright of the letter they told the Judge "you can work on a draft without becoming an author of it."

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22 Mar
The Mail on Sunday has been told it can publish a smaller front page apology than the one Meghan's legal team had demanded. Meghan wanted an apology similar in size and scale to the original story about her letter to her father, Thomas Markle, on the newspaper's front page.
There will a FURTHER hearing to decide the account of profits that the Mail on Sunday should pay Meghan in damages for breaching her privacy by publishing her letter to her father.
The Mail on Sunday must publish its apology to Meghan either this Sunday or the following Sunday depending news on the day.
(There was also much discussion about font size and pixels on Mail Online - but I really won't bore you with that)
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8 Mar
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First up, Meghan says she will reveal whether they are having a boy or a girl when Harry joins Oprah later 👶
Meghan: I didn’t understand what the job was. What does it mean to be a working royal. What do you do?
She also says “I didn’t do any research” before I dated Harry
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5 Mar
NEW: In the latest Duchess of Sussex clip from her big Oprah interview, Meghan says she feels "liberated" now that she has left the Royal Family.
Just been aired on @CBSThisMorning - the show on which Meghan's friend @GayleKing is a presenter
Meghan says "a lot of life experienced" has happened since Oprah last asked for an interview - in February 2018.
Meghan says that she and Harry now have "the ability to make our own choices"
The latest clip aired in @CBSThisMorning ... clip to follow
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2 Mar
NEW: The Duchess of Sussex asks the High Court to order the Mail on Sunday to hand over copies over her private letter to her father Thomas Markle which was the crux of the privacy case she won against the newspaper last month.
itv.com/news/2021-03-0…
Meghan asks Mail on Sunday to publish an apology "on a page no later than page 4" and "in a font and size" no smaller than the original story about her letter to Thomas Markle.
Meghan's lawyers also demand the Mail on Sunday prints "a statement on the front page" which says "the Duchess of Sussex wins her legal case for copyright infringement against Associated Newspapers for articles published in the Mail on Sunday and posted on Mail Online".
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1 Mar
BREAKING: Buckingham Palace confirms in a statement that the Duke of Edinburgh has left King Edward VII hospital and is now at St Batholomews Hospital
He was taken in an ambulance at 11:15 this morning.
The Palace says doctors will treat him for his ongoing infection - plus undertake "testing and observation" for a "pre-existing heart condition.
Prince Philip "remains comfortable and is responding to treatment" but they say the Duke is likely to remain in St Barts until "at least the end of the week".
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1 Mar
Lots of activity at the Duke of Edinburgh's hospital where a patient has been transferred into an ambulance after umbrellas and a police van were used to prevent the TV & press cameras recording anything. We can only imagine - although we don't know - this was for Prince Philip
This is what cameras were able to see from the legitimate public place from which they were filming.
The ambulance into which a person was transferred has left the hospital. We await confirmation from the Palace that this was the Duke of Edinburgh.
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