Sources
Where everything on this site comes from.
Primary and near-primary sources
- UN Women address, March 2015 — Markle’s speech at the Beijing+20 anniversary event in New York; reported by the Associated Press with extended quotation.
- The Tig (2014–2017) — her lifestyle website; essays including “How To Be Both,” quoted from the site’s archives via contemporary press.
- Elle UK, November 2016 — her essay on biracial identity.
- Vanity Fair, September 2017 — cover story and first major interview about the relationship.
- Kensington Palace / Buckingham Palace announcements — engagement (27 Nov 2017), patronages (10 Jan 2019), the January 2020 stepping-back statements.
- CBS primetime interview with Oprah Winfrey, 7 March 2021 — the couple’s on-the-record account of the royal years and their departure; Buckingham Palace’s response statement.
- Archewell — the organization’s announcements (archewell.com): foundation launch, Netflix and Spotify partnerships, 40x40, Archetypes.
- Together: Our Community Kitchen (2018) — foreword by Markle.
- The Bench (2021) — her children’s book, illustrated by Christian Robinson.
Secondary reporting used with attribution
- PA Media — Archetypes People’s Choice Award statement (Dec 2022); Spotify split (June 2023).
- Contemporary press archives — The Tig launch (May 2014) and closure (April 2017); wedding coverage (May 2018); tour coverage (Oct 2018); Vogue guest editorship and Smart Set launch (Sept 2019).
- Industry reporting — Netflix partnership (Sept 2020); Spotify partnership end (June 2023). Deal values in this reporting are flagged as unconfirmed wherever they appear on this site.
What this site does not use
Tabloid speculation about private family matters, unsourced social-media claims, anonymous “palace insider” assertions presented without corroboration, and AI-generated or unattributed images presented as photographs. Disputed claims are included only with their attribution (see Reception).
Image provenance
Every image file used on this site is recorded in the image credits on this page with its source and license:
- Real photographs — Creative Commons licensed images from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer or agency (Genevieve, GabboT, Mark Jones, the Northern Ireland Office, the Office of the Governor-General of New Zealand, wholives, Rajasekharan Parameswaran for the oil painting).
- AI-generated art — character illustrations in the Vizlings style, generated in-house in 2026, labeled on every page as AI-generated dramatization art, never presented as photographs of a real person.
Source notes
- This page is itself the site’s source record; individual pages carry their own Source notes naming the specific sources behind their facts.
- Quote policy and uncertainty flags: see methodology.md.