Meghan Markle is reportedly being offered a "top secret" role in a UK production as she looks to resume her acting career.
News of Prince Harry and Meghan's return to the UK six years after swapping mansions for Montecito has shocked Britain, including the Royal Family.
Beyond questions about where the family will live and what their security arrangements will be, many are curious about the Duchess of Sussex's next professional move.
With the couple's children, Archie, seven, and Lillibet, four, reportedly already enrolled in a UK school and the Duke of Sussex busy with projects such as his charity work and the Invictus Games, there have been multiple reports that Meghan may use her time here to return to acting.
She rose to fame in the legal drama series Suits as Rachel Zane from 2011 to 2018. While Meghan has since returned to our screens in the form of her Netflix lifestyle series, With Love, she has not pursued her acting career since she and Harry married in 2018.
West End interest in Meghan Markle
There have been several reports of talks taking place for her to star in the new series of Guy Ritchie's The Gentleman, but it has also been reported that the Duchess may be keen to take on a role on a West End stage when she arrives back on British soil.
The Daily Mail has quoted a source as saying that Meghan has "desperately wanted to be in a West End" production over the years and "will certainly be speaking to people about a role".
PR expert Mark Borkowski told HELLO! that if Meghan did indeed want a theatre role, there would be interest from the West End.
"I know at least three or four West End theatre producers who would have her in a production tomorrow," he said.
Canadian fans, who have long followed the royal family, are expected to tune in closely to any UK stage appearance, and a West End run could attract more tourists from Canada to London.
Similarly, in the United States, where Markle grew up, there has been a surge in streaming of her past shows, making a stage comeback a point of interest across North America.
Potential screen projects
Meghan will also be back on TV screens sooner than fans think, as she took on a cameo role in a forthcoming production for Amazon MGM Studios. She will appear alongside Lily Collins, Brie Larson, Henry Golding and Jack Quaid in the production Close Personal Friends, but no release date has been announced.
News.com.au reporter Bronte Coy also reported that Meghan was offered a "top secret" role in an upcoming UK production that has not been named yet.
She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Meghan is "very excited" about the project, which has played a "significant" role in the family's return, according to her entertainment sources.
"This is such a key part of the puzzle. I think when we all heard that news that Harry and Meghan were moving here, and within a matter of days, and the kids were enrolled in school, everyone was asking, what is Meghan going to be doing?" she said, adding that further details will be released "relatively soon".
The Duke and Duchess are set to make their move back to the UK by the end of August, with their children set to start school in September.