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Sam Reed (30 October 2016). "9 Things to Know About Meghan Markle, Prince Harry's Rumored New Girlfriend". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 November 2017. According to her Wiki page, she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
Michelle Ruiz (November 18, 2016). "Meet Meghan Markle: Prince Harry's Feminist, Philanthropist, Actress Girlfriend". Vogue (magazine). Retrieved 28 November 2017. ... her father, a TV lighting director. According to her Wikipedia page, the latter meant she spent time as a child hanging out on the set of Married With Children.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
Robert Mendick and Hannah Furness (28 July 2020). "Meghan's Wikipedia entry was altered days before her relationship with Prince Harry was revealed". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 July 2020. Online entry was changed to remove a television quiz-show appearance and alter her occupation from model to humanitarian
Tina Sanders (28 December 2020). "Meghan Markle's Wikipedia was edited just before Prince Harry reveal". Gruntstuff. Retrieved 28 July 2020. The IP deal with is linked to a Los Angeles PR agency with no identified hyperlinks to the duchess, in keeping with The Telegraph, which speculated that the modifications might have been made by mates...
Iris Goldsztajn (31 August 2022). "Meghan Markle Reportedly Got Her Wikipedia Page Changed After She Met Prince Harry". Marie Claire. Retrieved 11 June 2022. Page Six reported in 2020 that the then-actress' Wikipedia page had made the object of a bunch of changes in October 2016... At the time, the dominant theory was that friends of Markle's had asked for these changes to be made. Now, though, author Tom Bower is claiming that it was the future duchess herself who worked with the PR company to have her page modified.
"Why Wikipedia might be the last good place on the internet". The Globe and Mail. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025. Mentioned at 5:40

This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.

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Move logs: Meghan Markle
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

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Undiscussed move, Meghan Markle → Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, by Jimbo Wales, 19 May 2018
RM, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex → Meghan Markle, No consensus to revert an "out-of-process move performed by the founder", 19 May 2018, Talk:Meghan Markle/Archive 6#Requested move 19 May 2018
AN, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex → Meghan Markle, Move reverted and being discussed at MR, 26 May 2018, Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive299#Unenforceable consensus to revert Jimbo's unilateral page move
MRV, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex → Meghan Markle, Overturn, restored to Meghan Markle, 26 May 2018, Wikipedia:Move review/Log/2018 May
RM, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex → Meghan Markle, Procedural close (being discussed at AN and MRV), 27 May 2018, Talk:Meghan Markle/Archive 5#Requested move 27 May 2018
RM, Meghan Markle → Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Moved, 18 June 2018, Talk:Meghan, Duchess of Sussex/Archive 7#Requested move 18 June 2018
Move moratorium requested, 6 Month Moratorium adopted, 21 June 2018, Talk:Meghan, Duchess of Sussex/Archive 8#Move moratorium proposal — Adopted through January 5, 2019
RM, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex → Meghan Markle, No consensus, 2 March 2020, Talk:Meghan, Duchess of Sussex/Archive 9#Requested move 2 March 2020
RM, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex → Meghan Markle, Consensus to not move, 6 February 2021, Talk:Meghan, Duchess of Sussex/Archive 10#Requested move 6 February 2021

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Section size for Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (31 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	3,705	3,705	240	240
Early life and education	18,626	18,626	406	406
Acting career	8,284	8,284	341	341
Personal life	18	34,842	0	1,008
Early relationships and first marriage	2,673	2,673	53	53
Second marriage and motherhood	22,549	22,549	560	560
Political views	9,602	9,602	395	395
Public life	16	20,989	0	787
Royal duties	14,021	14,021	417	417
Stepping back and subsequent public appearances	6,952	6,952	370	370
Further career and investments	26,804	26,804	792	792
Charity work and advocacy	21,170	37,616	806	1,376
Patronages and interests	6,527	16,446	242	570
Sussex Royal and Archewell	9,919	9,919	328	328
Public image and style	29,480	29,480	896	896
Privacy and the media	26	51,114	0	2,078
Court cases	20	33,971	0	1,384
Associated Newspapers Limited	11,002	11,002	392	392
Other cases and complaints	22,949	22,949	992	992
Bullying allegations and Oprah interview	8,729	8,729	424	424
On Twitter and other platforms	8,388	8,388	270	270
Titles, styles and arms	8,503	8,503	136	136
Filmography	18	4,744	0	0
Film	1,006	1,006	0	0
Television	3,720	3,720	0	0
Bibliography	20	3,904	0	0
Books	825	825	0	0
Authored articles and letters	3,059	3,059	0	0
References	30	30	0	0
Further reading	1,204	1,204	0	0
External links	2,026	2,026	0	0
Total	251,871	251,871	8,060	8,060

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