Meghan Markle hints at a return to blogging on The Tig website

The Duchess of Sussex is poised to relaunch her lifestyle website, The Tig, as early as next week.

Meghan Markle may be coming back to the internet. Picture: Getty Images

The Duchess of Sussex is reportedly set to relaunch her former career as a blogger in the coming days.

Prior to meeting and marrying Prince Harry, the Suits star was also a burgeoning influencer with her Instagram account and website The Tig.

The site launched in May 2014 and was named after her favourite red wine, Tignanello, to which she dedicated an entire post.

According to new reports in London and New York, Meghan Markle has now filed with the US Trademark and Patent Office to launch a “revamped” version of the The Tig as soon as “next week”.

Meghan Markle is reportedly reactivating her blog, The Tig.

“Covering food, cooking, recipes, travel, relationships, fashion, style, interior design, lifestyle, the arts, culture, design, conscious living, health and wellness,” reported the Mirror and New York Post.

She adopted the phrase “the Tig” as her personal light bulb moments. Markle wrote about the first time she tried Tignanello and how complicated “wine lingo” was until it finally clicked in her mind.

Before, “it was just alcohol”. After sipping Tignanello, she understood what made wine taste so “amazing”.

“It wasn’t just red or white – suddenly, I understood what people meant by the body, legs, structure of wine. It was an aha moment at its finest. For me, it became a Tig moment – a moment of getting it. From that point on, any new awareness, any new discovery or ‘Ohhhhh, I get it!’ moment was a Tig moment,” she said.

A date to bookmark for those expecting the brunette, less “clean” version of Goop to make a return is May 5.

Camilla, Queen Consort, bottom, Catherine, Princess of Wales and Sophie, (the new) Duchess of Edinburgh attend the annual Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey. Picture: Getty Images

Markle welcomed the site and corresponding Instagram account on May 5, 2014, with an ode to the horse race the Kentucky Derby, musing about her love of “pomp and circumstance” and signing off with “cheers to frolicking, a revelry, to badass ladies and gents who inspire change”. 

She shuttered the site in April 2017 shortly after her relationship with Harry was confirmed and before the couple married, had a baby, quit their jobs and moved to the US to reinvent themselves as celebrities, podcasters, streaming stars and, in Harry’s case, authors.

Markle denied she quit blogging due to the royal family disapproving of her writing.

The Tig was closed with a farewell note.

“What began as a passion project (my little engine that could) evolved into an amazing community of inspiration, support, fun and frivolity. You’ve made my days brighter and filled this experience with so much joy,” Markle said.

“Keep finding those Tig moments of discovery, keep laughing and taking risks, and keep being ‘the change you wish to see in the world’. Above all, don’t ever forget your worth – as I’ve told you time and time again: you, my sweet friend, you are enough. Thank you for everything.”

Markle did not archive, or save the site, though archives were created by fans.

She didn’t abandon publishing altogether.

Scenes from the earlier version of The Tig.

When she became the Duchess of Sussex. She was the “guest editor” of the September 2019 edition of British Vogue.

Her “Forces for Change” issue was the magazine’s fast-selling issue in history and sold the most copies in more than a decade. However, she failed to include the late Queen Elizabeth II in a collection of “trailblazing changemakers” which reportedly raised eyebrows around the Palace and in royal circles.

Markle spoke of the site again in the couple’s 2022 Netflix miniseries, Harry and Meghan, saying it was more than a hobby.

“It became a really successful business... I’ve never really been the type of person to do only one thing. I guess that’s how my website was born. There was fashion, tons of food, and travel – all the things that I loved,” Markle said.

The new news about the US-based Duchess’s potential new venture landed as the royal family attended Commonwealth Day services in London.

However, The Tig – with subjects including how to get a “flawless face”, “the craft of coffee art” and “musings on independence” – may not return.

Markle has previously reapplied for her trademark to be continued in an effort to prevent others hijacking her name.

If she does decide to resume posting online there will be no shortage of topics she can cover off. Some potential entries could include: “Other surprising uses for Elizabeth Arden 8-hour cream”.