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Meghan as the next Bond? Five roles that almost certainly don’t lie behind UK return

Reports say Duke and Duchess of Sussex may have returned to Britain due to ‘top secret’ acting role for Meghan – we try to guess what it might be In 2022, two years after she and Prince Harry bolted to California in an unhappy exit from the royal family, the Duchess of Sussex was asked if she could foresee a return to acting. “No, I’m done,” she told Variety magazine. “I guess never say never, but my intention is to

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21 Aug 2026, 14:35 UTC
Last checked
21 Aug 2026, 20:20 UTC
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Publisher
The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
21 Aug 2026, 14:18 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Esther Addley
Section
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex
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Reports say Duke and Duchess of Sussex may have returned to Britain due to ‘top secret’ acting role for Meghan – we try to guess what it might be In 2022, two years after she and Prince Harry bolted to California in an unhappy exit from the royal family, the Duchess of Sussex was asked if she could foresee a return to acting. “No, I’m done,” she told Variety magazine. “I guess never say never, but my intention is to
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    Meghan as the next Bond? Five roles that almost certainly don’t lie behind UK return

    Reports say Duke and Duchess of Sussex may have returned to Britain due to ‘top secret’ acting role for Meghan – we try to guess what it might be In 2022, two years after she and Prince Harry bolted to California in an unhappy exit from the royal family, the Duchess of Sussex was asked if she could foresee a return to acting. “No, I’m done,” she told Variety magazine. “I guess never say never, but my intention is to

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    Meghan as the next Bond? Five roles that almost certainly don’t lie behind UK return

    Reports say Duke and Duchess of Sussex may have returned to Britain due to ‘top secret’ acting role for Meghan – we try to guess what it might be In 2022, two years after she and Prince Harry bolted to California in an unhappy exit from the royal family, the Duchess of Sussex was asked if she could foresee ever returning to acting. “No, I’m done,” she told Variety magazine. “I guess never say never, but my intention

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    Meghan as the next Bond? Five roles that almost certainly don’t lie behind UK return

    Reports say Duke and Duchess of Sussex may have returned to Britain due to ‘top secret’ acting role for Meghan – we try to guess what it might be? In 2022, two years after she and Prince Harry bolted to California in an unhappy exit from the royal family, the Duchess of Sussex was asked if she could foresee ever returning to acting. “No, I’m done,” she told Variety magazine. “I guess never say never, but my intention

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  • machine language-signal Allegation language observable-rules-v1 / 65% rule confidence
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Capture ID
#913
Observed
21 Aug 2026, 17:05 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
470,112 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt