Meghan Markle’s team reportedly shopped a book about her life “post-divorce” from Prince Harry — despite the couple not having split up.
People who work for the Duchess of Sussex had a conversation with an unnamed publishing house to “gauge interest” in the idea for the book, a person with knowledge of the situation told Vanity Fair for a bombshell exposé published on Friday. The timeline of this alleged discussion was not disclosed.
The source reportedly clarified that the book was meant to be about the aftermath of a split from Harry and not Markle’s first husband, Trevor Engelson, whom the “Suits” alum divorced in 2014.
It was also not pitched as a book about the general idea of the dissolution of marriages, per the source.
The insider reportedly also noted that the book meeting did not signify that the Sussexes were actually headed to Splitsville, but was meant to see if the publisher would “theoretically be interested” should the divorce ever come to fruition.
A second source did not dispel that the conversation took place, but instead pointed out, “If that’s true to any degree, [Markle] would have been approached and not vice versa.”
According to Vanity Fair, the publisher never made an offer and no manuscript was produced because there was no divorce to write about.
It was previously reported that the Sussexes have a four-book deal with Penguin Random House. Markle, for her part, has only released a children’s book to date.
Page Six has reached out to Markle and Harry’s reps for comment but did not immediately hear back.
The “post-divorce” book rumor comes a few months after there had been rumblings of marital issues between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Around October 2024, royal experts and fans noticed that the married couple had not made a joint appearance together for about a month.
Royal biographer Angela Levin said at the time that Markle and Harry’s professional relationship was “in a very bad state.”
“They say they’re going to work separately, then they say they’re buying a house in Portugal — you don’t do that if you don’t want to separate for most of the time, so I wonder if it’s in a very bad state,” she added.
Harry addressed the speculation at the New York Times’ 2024 DealBook Summit last December, saying, “Apparently we’ve bought or moved house 10, 12 times. We’ve apparently divorced maybe 10, 12 times as well. So it’s just like, what?’”
“It’s hard to keep up with, but that’s why you just sort of ignore it. The people I feel most sorry about are the trolls,” he added.
Despite all the chatter, another insider told Vanity Fair Friday the Sussexes are “so hot for each other.”
“Like, you know how you meet those couples where you’re like, the way they’re looking at each other, I should probably not be here right now?” the source claimed.
Markle, 43, and Harry, 40, tied the knot in 208. They share two children: Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3.
The couple has been at the center of a lot of public backlash ever since they quit the royal family in 2020 and have been very outspoken about the inner turmoil inside the palace ever since.
Several insiders have also turned on the Sussexes, including one former employee who told Vanity Fair Friday that Markle was allegedly “really awful” to staffers and exhibited “Mean Girls”-like behavior.
