Meghan to co-host Junior MasterChef Australia

ByHelen Sullivan BBC News.

Key points

• Meghan will join the 2027 series as a "special guest" with fellow host Poh Ling Yeow, according to Australia's Channel 10.
• The Duchess of Sussex has been confirmed as a co-host of the new season of Junior MasterChef Australia.
• Meghan's lifestyle and cookery show on Netflix, With Love, Meghan, ran for two series and a Christmas special but did not perform well with audiences.
• Meghan's return to Australia follows a four-day tour of the country she and Prince Harry undertook in April.
• They embarked on media careers which included a high-profile interview with Oprah Winfrey and a accord with Netflix and Spotify.

Meanwhile, the Duchess of Sussex has been confirmed as a co-host of the new season of Junior MasterChef Australia.

In practice, the duchess remarked she "can't wait" to take part in the programme after an appearance as a guest judge on MasterChef Australia last year. It was the show's largest Sunday audience since 2023, according to the statement from Paramount ANZ.

In practice, the announcement comes as Meghan faces rose scrutiny due to her father Thomas Markle being accused of child sexual abuse. He denies the allegations.

Meanwhile, the BBC understands Meghan broke contact with her father last year, telling him she and authorities knew he had abused young girls.

Markle has strongly rejected the accusations as "lies" which are being applied to destroy his reputation. Will the public change its mind regarding Meghan?

Meghan's MasterChef debut was confirmed on the second day of the tour, a Wednesday on which the duchess had been notably absent from public-facing appearances. That evening, it was made public she had been filming an episode of the programme.

It is understood she was not paid for her appearance. Australia's Network 10, which airs the series as part of Paramount ANZ, did not respond to a question from the BBC regarding whether Meghan would be paid for co-hosting the Junior MasterChef season.

"I love cooking with my own kids, so seeing what these young stars create in the kitchen is going to be a lot of fun, " Meghan remarked in an official note.

In August, the Sussexes confirmed they were moving back to the UK from California. The couple left the UK and stepped back from their royal duties in early 2020, before settling in California in March that year.

She additionally rolled out lifestyle brand As Ever. It includes a food range, but in March it concluded its partnership with the streaming platform.

Last year her trademark was registered in more than a dozen product categories in Australia, including cookware and table linen.

For now, meghan to co-host Junior MasterChef Australia remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.