Meghan ‘to spend weeks in Australia’ filming Junior MasterChef shortly after UK return

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Hennessey, T. (2026, October 27). Meghan ‘to spend weeks in Australia’ filming Junior MasterChef shortly after UK return. The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/meghan-markle-masterchef-junior-australia-duchess-sussex-b3073842.html

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The Independent · collected 2026-10-27 · by Ted Hennessey

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Meghan Markle plans to co-host Junior MasterChef in Australia soon after returning to the UK from her family home in California, according to News.com.au. Filming for the show, which features young chefs and will take place in Melbourne, is scheduled to run across several weeks early next year. The report mentions that Prince Harry and their children might travel to visit Meghan during this time but notes that no official confirmation has been made yet.
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Story summary

Meghan Markle will co-host Junior MasterChef Australia in early 2027, alongside chef Poh Ling Yeow. The Duchess of Sussex made a guest appearance as a judge on the show earlier this year, boosting its ratings to their highest since 2023. Network Ten confirmed her return for the rebooted children's cooking competition, which hasn't aired in six years. Filming is set to take place over two to three weeks in Melbourne starting around May 2027. Sources suggest that Prince Harry and their children, Archie and Lilibet, may join Meghan during production, though no plans have been finalized yet.

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📰 Meghan Markle Hosts Junior MasterChef Australia
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“Both articles report on Meghan Markle co-hosting Junior MasterChef Australia in 2027, with similar details about her planned stay and the program's return after a hiatus.”
Daily Mail · 0.87 cosine similarity
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 47% hedged 15 of 32 📰 publisher trust 68
“Both articles report on Meghan Markle filming Junior MasterChef in Australia during early to mid-2027.”
The Sydney Morning Herald · 0.89 cosine similarity
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“Both articles report on Meghan Markle confirmed to co-host Junior MasterChef Australia in 2027, with similar details about the filming schedule and location.”
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Ted Hennessey
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Meghan PERSON · 10× Australia GPE · 2× Harry PERSON · 2× Markle Sr PERSON · 2× Met ORG · 2× The Telegraph ORG · 2× Independent NORP · 1× Meghan Markle PERSON · 1× Sussex GPE · 1× the Duke of Sussex PERSON · 1×

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The BBC and other media including The Telegraph, which said it had seen a copy, reported the note was written by Mr Markle Sr’s ex-wife, Roslyn Loveless, who has since died. She is the mother of Mr Markle Jr and Meghan’s other half-sibling, Samantha Markle, who has defended their father, telling the Mail on Sunday: “I believe this is a set-up.”
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-27
🔮 Meghan Markle is reportedly set to co-host Junior MasterChef in Australia.

Claims (19 extracted, 5 hedged)

Meghan Markle is reportedly set to co-host Junior MasterChef in Australia. uncertain
Markle → set → Australia
Filming for the series is expected to run across several weeks in early to mid-2027, with the Duchess of Sussex relocating to Australia for the duration, according to reporting by news site News.com.au. uncertain
Duchess → film → News.com.au
A source told the news outlet that her husband, the Duke of Sussex, alongside their children Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, may travel to visit her, although nothing has been confirmed. uncertain
nothing → tell → her
The culinary competition, which features child cooks, is slated to be produced in Melbourne, News.com.au reported. asserted
News.com.au → feature → Melbourne
This potential role follows an appearance by the duchess on MasterChef Australia earlier this year. asserted
role → follow → Australia
Meghan, 45, featured as a guest judge during the show's 18th series, where participants were asked to reinvent a basic culinary element into a creation "fit for a duchess". asserted
participants → feature → duchess
A spokesman for the Sussexes was approached for comment. asserted
spokesman → approach → comment
The report on Meghan’s future career move comes days after her half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr, told The Sun he found a stash of child sex abuse images belonging to their father at his former home in the Philippines and reported it to local police and the FBI. asserted
he → come → police
Thomas Markle Sr has admitted to paying for sex in the south-east Asian country but denies ever possessing a hoard of such material. asserted
Sr → admit → material
Meghan sent a final letter to her father while he was recovering there from a leg amputation last year, according to reports in the Sun on Sunday. uncertain
he → send → Sunday
She wrote to say she knows he is an abuser and that he will never see his grandchildren, the newspaper said. asserted
newspaper → write → grandchildren
The Metropolitan Police confirmed that in 2019 it had passed a letter “containing a number of claims about alleged offending outside the United Kingdom” to Meghan and Harry, but did not share details with other law enforcement agencies. uncertain
it → confirm → agencies
The BBC and other media including The Telegraph, which said it had seen a copy, reported the note was written by Mr Markle Sr’s ex-wife, Roslyn Loveless, who has since died. She is the mother of Mr Markle Jr and Meghan’s other half-sibling, Samantha Markle, who has defended their father, telling the Mail on Sunday: “I believe this is a set-up.” asserted
this → include → Sunday
Meghan is “upset and really frustrated” by the Met’s handling of the investigation, The Telegraph reported. asserted
Telegraph → frustrate → investigation
She said that she was shown a letter sent to Scotland Yard making “troubling” allegations against Mr Markle Sr and was assured that these were being investigated. asserted
these → say → Sr
The Met is now “reviewing the handling of this matter”, including whether it needs to be referred to the police watchdog. asserted
it → review → watchdog
Harry and Meghan set up home back in England in August, six years after sparking the Megxit crisis and quitting the working monarchy for a new life in the US. asserted
Harry → set → US
Earlier this month, a source told The Telegraph that Meghan is “reading a lot of scripts”, and will focus on her family, lifestyle brand and rebooting her acting career rather than pseudo-royal visits. asserted
Meghan → tell → visits
They added that if Meghan had time left, she would do “some charity work”, adding “she’s not a working royal” but a full-time mother and entrepreneur. There had been speculation over Meghan’s next move, including reports the former Suits star was in talks for a role in Netflix’s The Gentlemen. asserted
star → add → Gentlemen
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