Thread by @chrisshipitv

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."