Over the summer, there was sort of a Sussex drought, and the British media lunatics stepped into that void, convincing themselves and others that Prince Harry and Meghan were having marriage problems and that all was not well in Montecito. While 99% of that was clearly bullsh-t, there was one small thread which I thought could be something. That was Meghan (alone) signing up to be represented by WME, and the talk that she would be branching out with solo projects. The idea that this fall would be Meghan relaunching herself professionally has sort of stuck, and people are waiting to see what she’s got cooking. Well, Us Weekly claims that they have some tea:
Meghan Markle is dreaming big when it comes to her next project.
“[Prince] Harry and Meghan have been busy with Invictus Games recently, but Meghan is still planning her Hollywood reinvention,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. “Meghan has a new team around her, and they’ve been strategizing about what mediums will have the most impact.”
The insider adds that Meghan, 42, wants whatever she does next “to be rooted in giving back” and “philanthropy” and has been in talks with both documentary directors and fashion houses.
“There isn’t anything locked in yet, but the most promising [thing] for everyone seems to be Meghan and Harry highlighting important issues through docuseries and bringing attention and fundraising,” the source explains.
“There isn’t anything locked in yet” – I don’t believe that. I think WME came to the table with a plan and that’s why she signed up. Is it “reinvention” or merely an extension of what she’s already done for years? I don’t know. How much of this is wishful thinking on my part? Probably a lot. I definitely want to see more of Meghan and I want her to make some money! She’s left so much money on the table for years!! I know why, I know she was healing and planning her next steps, but she could have been a brand ambassador, she could have been on Instagram, she could have taken some modeling/print advertising jobs.
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- Dusseldorf, GERMANY – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, were spotted uplifting spirits during the fourth day of the Invictus Games 2023. Held at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany, the couple looked genuinely happy as they interacted with athletes and fans alike. Pictured: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle BACKGRID USA 13 SEPTEMBER 2023 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Dusseldorf, GERMANY – Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex during day 5 of Invictus Games 2023 at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Dusseldorf. Pictured: Meghan Markle BACKGRID USA 14 SEPTEMBER 2023 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- The Duchess of Sussex adjusts her hair at the sitting volleyball competition on field one at the Merkur Spiel-Arena during the Invictus Games Featuring: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex Where: Dusseldorf, Germany When: 14 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the IG25 and Team Canada Reception at the Hilton Hotel during the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany. Featuring: Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex Where: Dusseldorf, Germany When: 15 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the IG25 and Team Canada Reception at the Hilton Hotel during the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany. Featuring: Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex Where: Dusseldorf, Germany When: 15 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Closing ceremony of the Invictus Games. Featuring: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex Where: Dusseldorf, Germany When: 16 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Closing ceremony of the Invictus Games. Featuring: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex Where: Dusseldorf, Germany When: 16 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Düsseldorf, GERMANY – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle join Rita Ora on stage at the Invictus Games closing ceremony at Merkur Spiel-Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany. Pictured: Prince Harry, Duchess of Sussex BACKGRID USA 16 SEPTEMBER 2023 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
More throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks with this. Meg works on her own time with things and releases them when all I’s are dotted and all t’s are crossed. Looking forward for whatever she has going.
I wish they would go on Instagram as a couple again!! I so very much miss their Instagram page before they went to America.
Megan will launch her next projects when she and they are ready, and no amount of prodding from these idiots will change that. I’m looking forward to whatever SHE chooses to do
I do believe there is a plan in place for her career as a tv and movie producer and activist. All the other crap is guess work. I would love for to do some brand deals again. She’s not under the royal thumb she can do those again like she did when she was an actress.
“The insider adds that Meghan, 42, wants whatever she does next “to be rooted in giving back” and “philanthropy” and has been in talks with both documentary directors and fashion houses.”
Meghan has already been doing this. She has been doing this way before she met and married Harry. They can’t get through their thick heads that Meghan is THAT girl and has always lead thoughtfully with compassion.
Us Weekly: We know nothing at all about what Meghan is up to so let’s throw some words around. “Team ” and “strategizing” and “reinvention”. Imo, this article is designed to imply that any philanthropy work Meghan does is part of some calculated PR strategy to boost her profile. Regardless of the fact that she’s been working on these causes for years. Us Weekly, still a sh*tty rag not worth the shiny paper its printed on.
I don’t have a clue what she’s up to but I’ve noticed she’s open to taking selfies with people who post them on Instagram. There was a post yesterday of her with a group of ladies that ran into her in LA.
You can really see WME’s influence in the most recent articles about Meghan on People. There is none of the shady negativity, or rehashing of lies circa the British media. I love to see it!
In the Netflix doc, one of Meghan’s friends – I think it was Abigail Spencer – said she had told M that she sees her as a producer and I suspect this is the Hollywood route M will take; I can’t see her returning to acting in front of the camera, she’ll produce.
Meghan is a producer. She has a production company.
I really hope she reaches Billionaire status like Gwyneth paltrow and Jessica Alba oh that would be beautiful to shove that in the British media faces.
What we know about Meghan: she launches projects when they are complete. She doesn’t launch vague ideas (Early Years, Earthshot). Her MO is clear: the cookbook, the children’s book, the podcast. We learned about them when they were in the can, ready to go. She knows that any imcomplete idea she puts out will be torn apart, analyzed under a microscope, deemed a failure. Imagine if Meghan had launched Earthshot and had an award ceremony without any awardees present. Imagine if Meghan had launched some nebulous early years with a pie chart.
In fact, I’d love someone to repackage Early Years as a Meghan idea. Call it “Preschool Readiness” or some such. Watch it get torn to pieces for the inchoate nonsense it is. Then, take Meghan’s name off and replace it Kate’s. The cognitive dissonance will remain–a valedictorian in Kentucky I think made a statement in his graduation address at his high school that had everyone applauding. He then said he was repeating Barack Obama and the same idea that was praised was instantly booed. It wouldn’t influence the derangers, but it would be a strong statement nonetheless.
No-one apparently objected to the first Lord Snowdon producing documentaries (including one for CBS which won two Emmys!) when he was married to Princess Margaret. Do I spy double standards here?
The royals should be delighted for anything that means the first things that comes to mind when people hear royal + tv isn’t ‘its a royal knockout’ which has to be right up there for most brits over a certain age.
Feel like a cooking or travel show with Meghan is more of a dream😂. I’m excited though for whatever she chooses to do.
Girl, with how stealthily they operate, Meghan could have a show already in the can. She could have criss crossed the country and traveled the world recording and we wouldn’t know.
Love that for them. So yeah anything could be on the horizon really.
I agree that Meghan has been taking too long and too much time to lounge whatever she has planned to do, and that she could haven been making a lot more money already, but I think that she’s still restricting herself by considering their (she and Harry’s royal ties too much.
Girl, let go of the royal BS, they don’t even want you alive. Think about your future, you’ll need lots of millions for living expenses and to keep your kids/family safe. Charity and philanthropy are oké, but go collect the commercial coins pronto, now that you have the fan base and the world watching you.
The problem is anything she produces will be covered with an overly critical and negative lens. Some companies my view her as too divisive, some people will claim she is exploiting her title. But I agree, she should milk every last drop of her celebrity now because sooner or later the coverage will move on.
Meghan can take as long as she wants. It’s not up to us to demand things from her.
If US Weekly knows so much, how come they weren’t the ones dropping about the NY visit instead of People?
I for one am anxious for Meghan to define herself more individually. I think she really has something to say that wld resonate well with women across the globe. I totally understand the down time over the past years but it has allowed the media to define her in more negative terms. I think quite tactically too little content and down time between events has allowed a more negative conversation to flourish. It’s time to move past the stale royal associations and just unleash a steady Meghan parade of brilliance.
US weekly knows as much as I do about Meghan’s plans.
I think Harry will do a documentary about African Parks like Obama did the US Parks on Netflix. I can see Meghan doing a food documentary about different recipes related to her favorite charities like her Together Cookbook, her work with World Kitchen and the native American community garden she supports thru Clvr Blends, old Tig recipe including the roast chicken she made 4 Harry and throw in afternoon tea recipes from her first tea with QE2.
^^ I know this is all speculative. I personally doubt that Meghan would relate anything she does or produces, cooking or otherwise, to anyone in her husband’s family. That would mean any recipes connected to “tea with QE-II” are out. 👎🏽 This! No matter that Meg respected her grandmother-in-law, and appreciated the kindnesses that QE-II extended to her.
I think Harry will do a documentary about African Parks like Obama did the US Parks on Netflix. I can see Meghan doing a food documentary about different recipes related to her favorite charities like her Together Cookbook, her work with World Kitchen and the native American community garden she supports thru Clvr Blends, old Tig recipe including the roast chicken recipe she made 4 Harry and throw in afternoon Tea recipes from her first tea with QE2. Do a companion book filled with glossy photos too
I hope she does a cooking show, too. She’d be so good at it, and could partner with Chef Jose Andres on some things.
I’m pretty sure that Meghan doesn’t need to re ‘reinvented’. I think she signed with this agency for different reasons. I wouldn’t be surprised if one of them is to help stem some of the bm bile. The agency would be privy to a lot of different projects on the horizon and be able to let Meghan know about ones that would be in her wheelhouse (producing).
This is made up because they needed Meghan filler.
^^ Exactly @Saucy&Sassy! 💯 🎯