The Sussex family arrived in the UK on August 26th. The royal reporters gleefully predicted that the Duchess of Sussex wouldn’t be able to help herself, that she would throw herself in the path of photographers as soon as she arrived. That has not happened, because Meghan isn’t actually the self-absorbed diva caricature they’ve created in the tabloids. Well, the Sun has a big exclusive about how Meghan might not be seen in public for weeks, and she’s very focused on getting her kids adjusted.
The Duchess of Sussex aims to shun the limelight as she settles her family in Britain. Meghan wants to ensure her son Archie, seven, and daughter Lilibet, five, are fully adjusted in their new schools and home.
She has not been spotted this side of the Atlantic since Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral four years ago — and avoided the cameras after returning in July. Meghan was due to appear with hubby Prince Harry at two events but pulled out of both.
The Sun understands it could be weeks before she makes any public appearance.
A source said: “There are a lot of things to arrange. Meghan is totally focused on getting the kids settled for now.”
Meanwhile, Harry is set to mark his comeback with a string of engagements. He is expected to appear at this month’s annual WellChild Awards.
Ever since the Sussexes announced their UK return, I’ve believed that Meghan will accompany Harry to some of his annual September events in London. Like, I absolutely believe she’ll turn up at the WellChild Awards and probably something else mid-September. Will photographers track her down before then? Possibly. Especially if she turns up at a celebrity hotspot like… Soho Farmhouse. Tom Sykes’ source spotted her there a few days ago:
Well, folks, I’m pleased to be able to bring you a Royalist exclusive: the first sighting of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, in her new home country. Meghan was at Soho Farmhouse this week, the rural outpost of the luxury London private members’ club in north Oxfordshire. Multiple sources have confirmed her presence at the venue to me.
It was an early trip. She arrived alone, I’m told, before 9am, and made her way directly to the relaxed upstairs area known as the Comfy Farm (a sort of lounge space above the main restaurant from which children are banned). When she arrived, sources say, a considerable “fanfare” was made of her, and she was informally introduced to several senior staff members by name, suggesting that they at least hope she will be a regular.
Meghan is thought to be a member of the club. She has often been spotted at its venues, and her close friend Markus Anderson has spent many years as a senior executive at the company (he is now its chief relationship officer).
“It is a good time of day to go there,” one source tells me. Soho Farmhouse is “absolutely lovely” in the early morning, when it isn’t busy, my source says.
Although it has become somewhat more mainstream in its overall intake in recent years, it remains a genuine celebrity refuge, largely because members and their guests are not allowed to take photographs there. Celebrities feel protected. It’s £325 a month to be a member.
“You will still see Paul McCartney drinking a cup of coffee, or the Beckhams having dinner, and a million influencers who you might never have heard of but your kids will tell you are massive,” my source says.
The Beckhams live nearby, so they often walk across the fields and use the place as a canteen, another source tells me. Simon Cowell is a fixture and his wife Lauren. Meghan and Harry rented a house in the nearby village of Great Tew when they were working royals.
Still, I find it interesting that the first sighting is at the single most predictable place in the world. There has been speculation that the Sussexes have been looking at property near Soho Farmhouse, and there is one house in particular, quite close by, which I’m told has been on the market for a long time and could suit them: a big house with a decent amount of land. There are still no confirmed sightings of their children attending any of the prep schools in the area. Plenty of rumors, mind you.
I’m not surprised that she would visit Soho Farmhouse either – it’s not only the Markus Anderson connection and the fact that she’s a member in good standing, it’s that she’s probably been there many times before, years ago. She probably knows the senior staffers there, and it’s a familiar and comfortable place for her. Reportedly, she got Soho Farmhouse’s designers to organize the renovation of Frogmore Cottage back in the day, so she knows a lot of those people.
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- Meghan Markle waves to the crowd as she after a visit to youth-orientated radio station, Reprezent FM, in Brixton, south London to learn about its work supporting young people. The Reprezent training programme was established 10 years ago in response to the rise in knife crime, to help young people develop and socialise through radio.,Image: 508107662, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR SEVEN DAYS – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: – / Avalon
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While some people insist on the Sussexes having bought a big mansion already others report them still house hunting and living on the estate of a friend.. Maybe they simply rent a farmhouse on Soho Club grounds until they find what they are looking for?
What if H&M are in the UK for business – and not necessarily for family relations, but – to film (parts) of their different Netflix productions, and Netflix is paying for their extended stay (flights/transportation, renting a house, etc.) for, let’s say between three and six mounts?
We know that two of the six film/movie productions in the making for Netflix can be contributed to Harry; e.i.:
1) The book adaptation of “No Way Out” into a war movie, might do some filming in the UK;
2) Polo is being scripted for a movie/series. It might also be filmed in part in the UK.
What if, what if, what if. 🤷♀️
If Meghan does an As Ever pop-up at Soho Farmhouse, I’ll become a member of Soho House just to access the products!!!
@Nobs Please … Would she be able to do that? I think it would be wonderful if she could! LOL! Could you imagine the nashing of teeth as they pack their baskets full of her products? 🙂
It’s funny bc when Meghan was in Montecito, she would go weeks and weeks and sometimes months without a sighting and then she would suddenly pop up for something. I don’t think it will be any different in the uk. There’s a good chance she won’t be seen much and it won’t be bc she’s dimming her light but bc that’s truly how she has rolled for the last 7 years. We didn’t see her on a weekly basis in California either.The interest is higher now though that she’s back in the uk.
Right? Woman can’t have a great cappuccino in the morning without the kids or husband, just to sit and stare out the window and wake up slow, say hi to staff, and get on with the day without it being a news bulletin! News at 11!
These Brits have no chill, as a Californian would say. And Tom Sykes really, really, like really needs to get a life
It’s the opposite of a public sighting. She went to a private club where she can have a cup of coffee / breakfast / brunch / lunch / whatever in private while in public. Also, yes, she probably knows people who work there and/or she could’ve had a meeting with someone there. Who knows! I hope she’s enjoying herself.
+1
I went out today to buy milk. Does that count as a public outing? 🙄
Meghan obsessed Tommy: “If the Sussexes have settled in the Cotswold, there’s the probability of Meghan visiting SH sooner or later, so let me be the first to ‘break the story’. With just two lines, no specifics. Who would not believe me.”
Yeah sure. Just her, not Harry? It didn’t happend.
That’s what I think. They forgot that Meghan tends to her own business and did so in America as well. They got tired of waiting for a sighting, so they decided to make something up. Presto! Why wait?
Yep, I noticed how he dropped in the ‘no photos allowed!’ policy just to provide cover for their lack of photographic proof.
£325 a month to belong? But I thought the Sussexes are destitute.
Meghan has a SH international membership for years, before she met Harry. Meaning, she can attend all of the branches at any time. Her first date with Harry was at SH London. It was possible because of her membership. She has been seen, (and has written about it on The Tig) at SH-s all over the world: in Amsterdam, Toronto, UK, etc.
My electric bill is more than that membership. It’s nothing even if you aren’t rich.
I’m an average person and I could easily pay that. They are worth at least 100 million. I suspect more like 200 mill.
‘There are still no confirmed sightings of their children attending any of the prep schools in the area. Plenty of rumors, mind you.’
What a groce person.
The schools are not back yet so there won’t be any sightings. I just hope the media will leave them alone if they do find out which school they will be attending. Love the sound of their new home though !
I legit didn’t know Simon Cowell had a wife. Meghan’s relationship with Soho House has been well documented over the years. But the point of membership is privacy. I’m sure she has been there and is getting acquainted with her new hang out but how would a reporter know?
Psykes is so ghastly. It was probably one of his awful artsy wife Sasha’s pals who felt the need to invade the privacy of a fellow club member. I hope they find out who, exactly, and kick them out. BTW if you want a good laugh, look up Sasha Sykes plug-ugly resin and flower « art »! 🤢🤢🤢
I just looked it up, I love florals so it mostly was just nice but boring. She did make a clear resin cape that is actually interesting. Nothing else rises to the fine art category. I assumed Sykes was a single bitter Betty for some reason.
Well he’s a misogynist so it’s hard to imagine him with a wife. He’s never made fun of Meghan’s flower sprinkles though, probably because his wife likes to pour plastic on top of them.
You are right on about him. It was the misogyny and misogynoir that I took to be single man energy.
Obviously, Sykes knows what school it is and is just busting a gut to be first to reveal “exclusive” super-clear clues. In a smarmy, “ooooo! I know! Me first! Aren’t I big for not actually out+out naming the school!”
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Tom sicko needs to be on a watchlist. It’s frightening how much he stalks this woman. Especially since all he does is insult rages and demeans her and her husband. He really really should be on the list of suspicious people who should never be allowed anywhere near Harry , Meghan and their children
Is this true or just an assumption given she’s a member of Soho House? And how come there’s been no sighting of Harry? I would have thought he would be seen out and about more than Meghan since he’s allegedly the one eager to see his friends at the pub.
Tom PSYKO is such a hot mess…I truly can’t with him. I swear he gets his “intel” from dust mites from his pillows whispering into his ears….
Does it count as a “sighting” if no one saw her besides staff members, who absolutely are not taking to tom Sykes about her??
She’s not going to spend months holed up and never leaving her house. So Sykes et al better get used to these “sightings.”
Why doesn’t he report on when William goes to private clubs. Sometimes with mysterious blonde women (not Kate in that awful wig) ?
He gets his info from friends of his sister, Plum, who lives in the Cotswolds.
I wonder if he’ll be able to discipline himself and not damage her standing in that “set” by keeping quiet about the more specific details she tells him. I doubt it.
It will be fantastic when he goes too far, and Plum decides to freeze him out of her circle. Or she also gets frozen out of the posh county set gossip circle.
The exclusive by Sykes about the sighting of Meghan reminds me of a birder who is over the moon hearing a red-winged pullover has been sighted.
LMAO comment of the day!
They really are subsisting on crumbs over there. Maybe this happened, maybe she met a friend or business colleague, who knows. They have reinforced that they are private citizens doing their own thing so why her going for coffee is treated as newsworthy is very strange.
True (not to threadjack), but I think that Charles’ main purpose in “confirming” their private status (there is no way he did this “in agreement with the Sussexes”) was to (1) LIE about their HRHs being “in abeyance”, i.e. basically tell people “don’t you dare call them Royal Highnesses” while they are living in the UK, no matter what (did this come from Charles, or from William though?), and (2) ENCOURAGE government and military organisations to basically leak information to Buckingham Palace about whatever the Sussexes are planning to do with those agencies under the guise of “seeking guidance” at best, or to NOT work with them at all, at worst. It’s clear that Harry and Meghan have NOT been sharing any information (and certainly not their schedules) with Charles’ people, hence nothing to leak to their friends in the media. (3) This is BP/KP attempting to give the world the impression that they still have some say in the movements of the Sussexes.
BP had already stated that Charles was looking forward to seeing the family privately. There was no reason for him to supposedly instruct the Lord Chamberlain to contact all those agencies, similar to how they contacted all those foreign governments to tell them NOT to protect the Sussexes whenever they visited their countries.
The media will now be realising that they will be getting ZERO access, same as when the family lived in California, or even less, and I love that for them 😀 . They will definitely, as you say, continue to subsist on crumbs. It is to be hoped that they continue to starve themselves out of existence.
The h r h according to the late queen was not to be used for business purposes. Charles did not remove it now. It is doubtful harry and meghan would want to be working royals. The derangers are going on d m comments saying the sussexes are not royals. Charles never said they were non royals