Meghan Markle is joining “Junior MasterChef Australia.”
The Duchess of Sussex will be a “special guest” alongside host Poh Ling Yeow when the show returns in 2027 after six years off the air, Page Six can confirm.
The retired royal, 45, called her decision to take part in the competition series an “easy yes” in a gushing statement.
Markle wrote, “I love cooking with my own kids, [Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet], so seeing what these young stars create in the kitchen is going to be a lot of fun.
“I can’t wait to see what they cook up!” she concluded.
Yeow, for her part, said she “had a lovely time” filming “MasterChef Australia” with Markle in April.
“Being reunited will be a real treat,” Yeow continued. “I can’t wait to meet our pint-sized culinary adventurers — I’m expecting plenty of delicious surprises and a little mischief too.”
Before her July episode of “MasterChef Australia,” Markle was last on TV hosting her “With Love, Meghan” Netflix series.
The show was canceled in January after two seasons and one holiday special, as the streaming giant also cut ties with her As Ever lifestyle brand in March.
While it remains unclear when Markle will head Down Under to film the show, News.com.au is reporting she will be in Australia for the duration of the shoot early-to-mid 2027 — and may have her two kids in tow.
Markle, husband Prince Harry and their children — Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5 — reportedly jetted out of the United Kingdom this week, heading overseas amid the actress’ dad Thomas Markle’s bombshell child porn probe.
News broke Thursday that Thomas is being investigated in the Philippines after “hundreds, if not thousands” of child sex abuse images were allegedly recently discovered at his home by his son, Thomas Markle Jr.
Meghan told Page Six in a subsequent statement that she was “deeply distressed,” claiming she learned about her father’s alleged wrongdoing in 2018, which led to their estrangement.
“I hope it can now be understood that … any distance from my father and my choice to not allow him to have contact with our children, was for one reason: to protect them,” Meghan wrote. “I trusted that the authorities were doing the same for other families.”
London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed over the weekend, per The Sun, that Meghan did receive a letter containing child sexual abuse allegations against Thomas Sr. — but in January 2019.
The “Deal or No Deal” alum’s rep acknowledged her recollection “may have been mistaken by a few months.”
A source told Hello! magazine that Meghan is “really, really upset” and “in bits” as she navigates the “emotional rollercoaster.”
“She keeps on looking at Lili and she’s in tears, and thinking about all the children, the alleged victims,” the insider said. “She has young children herself. It’s just devastating.”

“Rock & roll can never die,” Neil Young sang deep in the 20th century. Guess what: Neil wasn’t lying. Nearly 50 years later, rock is thriving the way it always has — by mutating, diversifying, evolving into the future. Now that we’re deep into the 21st century, it’s a perfect time to celebrate the songs that have made this a golden age for rock fans. But as always, rock & roll keeps moving too fast to get pinned down, which is why it remains defiantly, unrepentantly vibrant a century after Chuck Berry was born.
That’s the spirit behind this list — the 200 best rock songs of the 21st century so far. It’s a companion piece to our recent Reasons to Love Rock feature. The list is a wide-ranging mix of different rock styles, different generations, different voices. Some of these tunes are universally beloved classics, known and sung worldwide; others are deep cuts or underground cult faves. But from Bruce to Boygenius to Bombino, from Dylan to D’Angelo to Deftones, from Wilco to Wednesday to the White Stripes, we’ve got artists from around the world and all over the stylistic map.
This is an era when rock can’t be contained — it travels everywhere. In our Top 10 alone, we’ve got the blues, we’ve got dance-floor glam, we’ve got gritty punk and psychedelic jams and high-tech dystopia and acoustic storytellers, along with loads of air-guitar riffs. We’ve got metal warriors from Black Sabbath to Mastodon. We’ve got pop-punk and emo. We’ve got sex and drugs and black leather jackets. We’ve got riot grrrls, rock en español, indie upstarts, rootsy twang, African desert grooves, virtuoso guitar heroes, garage bands, electro experiments, grunge, deep soul. We’ve got Nineties legends from Fiona Apple to Sonic Youth. We’ve got the grizzled veterans who learned new tricks instead of going quietly: David Bowie, Prince, even Neil “Time Fades Away” Young himself.
We’ve got country rebels. We’ve got hip-hop headbanger anthems from OutKast and Jay-Z. (You know, the guy who called himself “rap’s Grateful Dead.”) We’ve got ambitious pop rockers from Olivia Rodrigo to Harry Styles to Taylor Swift, who’ve kept their unabashedly rock moves at the top of the charts. We’ve got the skinny-tie postpunk club commandos of the Meet Me in the Bathroom era. We ramble from the U.S.A. to Colombia, Tokyo, Versailles, Niger, Dublin, CDMX, and YYZ. Some of these songs are innovative and complex; others are three-chord bangers to make you jump up and down. Their only thing in common is that they rock. You can listen to it all here.
It’s a list of songs, not artists, so we mostly avoid repeating songs by the same artist. But a handful of legends simply had too many classics to deny. (How could you pick just one Radiohead song from this century?) The toughest part was cutting it down to a mere 200, with so many more worthy artists than we could cram into one list. But it’s a tribute to the vitality, diversity, and energy of rock in our modern age. There will always be folks asking why it can’t stay like the old days, but that question has been around since Buddy Holly’s plane went down, and the answer is the same as it ever was — rock keeps growing because rock keeps changing. The only way to deny the music’s irrepressible health is to stop listening, and what fun would that be? Keep reading for 200 excellent reasons to pump up the volume and let it blast.

The “Harry Potter” HBO series has cast another casting spell.
Harry Gilby, Jasper Talbot and Hannah Chinn have joined the cast as Charlie Weasley, James Potter and Lily Potter, respectively. The actors will appear in Season 1 of the series, which is dubbed “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.”
James and Lily Potter, parents of the titular orphaned wizard, appeared in the “Harry Potter” movies in flashbacks, photographs and magical manifestations. Charlie Weasley is a minor character in the books and does not appear in the films, so the HBO series is straying from the movies regarding Ron Weasley’s older brother.
The first season of the “Harry Potter” TV show premieres on HBO on Dec. 25. The second season, based on the second book in J.K. Rowling’s beloved fantasy series, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” is currently filming at Leavesden Studios outside London.
The logline for Season 1 reads, “There is nothing special about Harry Potter — or so his Aunt Petunia tells him. But when a mysterious letter of admission to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry arrives, it opens the door to a hidden world of magic, friendship and adventure. Yet behind Hogwarts’ enchanted walls lie dark secrets. Harry must find the courage to prove himself against the darkest wizard of all.”
“Harry Potter” stars Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley, John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, Rory Wilmot as Neville Longbottom, Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy, Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Elijah Oshin as Dean Thomas, Tristan Harland as Fred Weasley, Gabriel Harland as George Weasley, Ruari Spooner as Percy Weasley, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown, Finn Stephens as Vincent Crabbe, William Nash as Gregory Goyle, Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick, Sirine Saba as Pomona Sprout, Daniel Rigby as Vernon Dursley, Bel Powley as Petunia Dursley, Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch, Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy, Bertie Carvel as Cornelius Fudge, Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell, Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley, Amos Kitson as Dudley Dursley, Gracie Cochrane as Ginny Weasley, Richard Durden as Cuthbert Binns, Louise Brealey as Rolanda Hooch, Bríd Brennan as Poppy Pomfrey, Leigh Gill as Griphook and Anton Lesser as Garrick Ollivander.
“Game of Thrones” favorite Kit Harington will join Season 2 as Gilderoy Lockhart alongside Bonnie Hill as Ginny Weasley, Lenny Rush as Dobby, Billy Barratt as Tom Riddle, Rafe Spall as Arthur Weasley, Molly Hewitt-Richards as Moaning Myrtle and Jasper Ambrose as Colin Creevey.
The “Harry Potter” series is written and executive produced by Francesca Gardiner. Mark Mylod will executive produce and direct multiple episodes of the series for HBO in association with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television. The series is executive produced by Rowling, Neil Blair and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and TV, David Heyman of Heyday Films, Laura Neal and Jon Brown.
Gilby is represented by Independent Talent Group and Untitled Entertainment. Talbot is represented by United Agents. Chinn is represented by 42.

HBO‘s Harry Potter series has cast the roles of the titular wizard’s parents, James and Lily Potter, with Jasper Talbot and Hannah Chinn, respectively. Additionally, Harry Gilby joins as Charlie Weasley, the second eldest son of Molly and Arthur Weasley after Bill, whose siblings also include Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny.
Harry’s parents did not appear much in the hit films based on the J.K. Rowling book series, and it is unknown how big a role they will play in the new HBO series. According to the first novel, James and Lily Potter were killed by the most evil dark wizard, Voldemort. Lily sacrificed her life on that day to protect wee Harry, just a baby at the time of her death, with a love shield. When Voldemort unleashed an evil curse on the Potters, it bounced off Harry and hit He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named, leaving his physical form nonexistent and his powers pretty useless. Harry was left with a lightning bolt scar on his forehead, a painful memento that marks the horrible night he lost his parents.
In the upcoming Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, viewers will be introduced to Harry (Dominic McLaughlin), who has nothing special about him- or so his Aunt Petunia (Bel Powley) tells him. But when a mysterious letter of admission to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry arrives, it opens the door to a hidden world of magic, friendship and adventure. Yet behind Hogwarts’ enchanted walls lie dark secrets. Harry must find the courage to prove himself against the darkest wizard of all.
In addition to McLaughlin, the series also stars Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley, John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid, Rory Wilmot as Neville Longbottom, Lox Pratt as Draco Malfoy, Leo Earley as Seamus Finnigan, Elijah Oshin as Dean Thomas, Tristan Harland as Fred Weasley, Gabriel Harland as George Weasley, Ruari Spooner as Percy Weasley, Alessia Leoni as Parvati Patil, Sienna Moosah as Lavender Brown, Finn Stephens as Vincent Crabbe, William Nash as Gregory Goyle, Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick, Sirine Saba as Pomona Sprout, Daniel Rigby as Vernon Dursley, Paul Whitehouse as Argus Filch, Johnny Flynn as Lucius Malfoy, Bertie Carvel as Cornelius Fudge, Luke Thallon as Quirinus Quirrell, Katherine Parkinson as Molly Weasley, Amos Kitson as Dudley Dursley, Gracie Cochrane as Ginny Weasley, Richard Durden as Cuthbert Binns, Louise Brealey as Rolanda Hooch, Bríd Brennan as Poppy Pomfrey, Leigh Gill as Griphook, and Anton Lesser as Garrick Ollivander.
The series is written and executive produced by Francesca Gardiner. Mark Mylod will executive produce and direct multiple episodes of the series for HBO in association with Brontë Film and TV and Warner Bros. Television. The series is executive produced by Rowling, Neil Blair, and Ruth Kenley-Letts of Brontë Film and TV, David Heyman of Heyday Films, Laura Neal, and Jon Brown.
Talbot is represented by United Agents. Chinn is represented by 42. Gilby is represented by Independent Talent Group and Untitled Entertainment.

Savannah Chrisley announced she is expecting her first baby with an older man she secretly got engaged to.
“I’ve prayed for this life. I’ve cried for this life. And there were moments I truly wondered if this life would ever be mine. 🥹🤍,” she captioned an Instagram video where she showed off her mystery man she dubbed “J” and her growing baby bump.
“The past few years have taken me through fires I never imagined I’d have to walk through. Seasons of heartbreak, loss, and moments when I didn’t know if I would ever make it to the other side,” the reality star added.
“I wondered if I would ever find my forever… if I would ever feel safe enough to truly breathe again. And then God sent me J. 🤍.”
Chrisley, 29, said her fiancé has been her “protector,” and her “fiercest fighter,” as well as her “most loyal person.”
“My lover. My safe place. A man with the patience of Job (and Lord knows he needs it 🤣). The one who makes me laugh even on my hardest days,” she added.
“I found my forever in you,” the podcast host wrote, hinting at their engagement with a ring emoji.
Chrisley then gushed about how attentive J has been as a father to their “miracle” baby.
“Not a single doctor’s appointment missed. Constantly caring for me, talking about our baby, and reminding me how beautiful my growing bump is. I thank God every day that this baby gets to call you Daddy. 🤍,” she wrote.
“From heartbreak to healing. From surviving to living. From praying for my forever to building a family with him,” the “Chrisley Knows Best” alum shared.
“Only God could have written this story. 😭🤍 Here’s to forever, J… and the sweetest little blessing we can’t wait to meet. 💍👶�,” she concluded.
In a coinciding episode of her “Unlocked” podcast, Savannah revealed that her fiancé is named Jason and that they met in the “world of politics” when she was campaigning for pardons for her then-imprisoned parents, Todd and Julie Chrisley.
Savannah also announced Jason proposed in December 2025 — just five months into their relationship — while they were vacationing in the Cayman Islands.
“Little did I know, he had a ring in his backpack,” she shared on her “Unlocked” podcast Tuesday.
“And when he gave me the ring, he was like, ‘Before I open this, I just want you to know that this is just an expression of love to you. This can be whatever you want it to be. This can be an engagement ring, a promise ring, a cocktail ring for all I care. I just want you to know how much I love you,’” she recalled.
Savannah said he put “no pressure” on her to accept the piece of jewelry as an engagement ring.
“It happened really quick but it’s it is what it is right like timing means nothing,” she added.
“That proposal was just right. It was everything I’ve always said.”
Savannah said she and Jason are planning to tie the knot in May 2027.