Meghan Markle focused on ‘operation PPP’, says reporter who famously revealed the former Suits actor’s relationship with Prince Harry

The royal journalist who famously broke the news of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s relationship has given insight into what the Duchess is up to now.

The Duchess of Sussex is holed up in Montecito focused on “operation PPP – planning, parenting and podcasting.

Meghan Markle was never going to attend the King’s coronation on May 6 with palace sources saying “a family decision” was taken two weeks ago for only the Duke of Sussex to attend the most important day of his father’s life.

Indeed, it has been an open secret among friends in California that she never intended to be at Westminster Abbey to witness her father-in-law crowned.

The not normally camera shy former Suits actress has been conspicuous by her absence by not appearing in Prince Harry’s promotional tours for his memoir Spare and has made precisely zero appearances at official events (although in March she did release official photos from a trip to a Los Angeles organisation for homeless pregnant women).

Meghan Markle has everyone guessing on what she may be up to behind the scenes. Picture: AFP

Royal journalist and associate editor of the London Daily Telegraph, Camilla Tominey, who famously broke the story of Prince Harry and Ms Markle’s relationship, said the Duchess has bunkered down on rebuilding the couple’s brand.

“The Harry and Meghan brand has been damaged because South Park’s parody crossed a bit of a Rubicon for them in America,” she said.

“Meghan hasn’t been very visual and is essentially focused on the three P’s: planning, parenting and podcasting.

“People are saying she’s going to segue more into producing TV and radio output of a slightly different genre.

“There’s a kind of Meghan Instagram feed that has emerged onto the social media horizon, and everyone thinks it’s her, but she hasn’t posted anything on it yet. And also there has been talk of a revival of her blog The TIG.”

The Duchess is believed to have bunkered down on rebuilding the Sussex brand. Picture: AFP

“There’s kind of a rebrand and relaunch in the offing which she is busy planning over in America.”

The South Park parody of the Sussexes was seen to be hugely damaging to their egos with segments that included them on a breakfast television show, called Good Morning Canada, holding placards that read “we want privacy” and “stop looking at us”.

A reference to the Duke’s memoir, Spare, was also made, as the host of the programme holds up the memoir – titled “Waaagh” in the cartoon.

The couple’s popularity has nosedived in the UK and a poll conducted by YouGov for Newsweek last week showed the Sussexes popularity in the US had also indeed taken a hit with 46 per cent of Americans liking the prince in the first quarter of 2023, down from 52 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2022

“They have to rethink and rework their brand because South Park was pretty damaging for their reputations,” Ms Tominey told a London audience in a talk about the future of the British monarchy.