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Meghan Markle could relaunch her Hollywood lifestyle website The Tig after renewing trademark

MEGHAN has quietly renewed the trademark for her lifestyle website The Tig.

The Duchess’s business manager Andrew Meyer filed documents in the US using a company called Frim Fram to keep rights to the name until at least 2021.

 Meghan Markle's business manager has renewed the trademark for her old blog The Tig, suggesting that she could launch the site again
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Meghan Markle's business manager has renewed the trademark for her old blog The Tig, suggesting that she could launch the site againCredit: Getty
 Meghan used to run a Hollywood lifestyle blog where she would share tips on food, travel, fashion and beauty
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Meghan used to run a Hollywood lifestyle blog where she would share tips on food, travel, fashion and beauty

It raises the prospect Meghan, 38, could relaunch the platform, where she shared stories about her favourite food, places, fashion and inspiring women.

There is also a website listed under Frim Fram named Tigtots, which could be a version aimed at parents.

Last week The Sun told how Meghan told her advisers “I want to break the internet” when discussing her controversial Vogue guest editorship.

Royal insiders speculate that reviving her website would help her do just that.

A source said: “It’s fascinating Meghan’s business manager has ensured she keeps The Tig for a few more years at least. Of course it’s understandable she wouldn’t want an entrepreneur using the name without her involvement.

“But given her desire to be a different type of royal — pushing her own causes using digital and social media — it’s not out of the question she’d think The Tig could play an important role.”

The Duchess of Sussex launched the site in 2014, calling it “a hub for the discerning palate — those with a hunger for food, travel, fashion and beauty”.

In one post she writes about “sustainable travel tips”, hinting at the eco-agenda that has recently proved controversial for her and Harry.

She shut The Tig in April 2017, three months before meeting her husband.

Her spokeswoman said: “The lasting trademark is to prevent false branding, to avoid others purporting to be the Duchess or affiliated with her.”

 Meghan set up The Tig in 2014 but it was shut down in 2017, three months before she met Harry
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Meghan set up The Tig in 2014 but it was shut down in 2017, three months before she met Harry
 The Duchess has shared her desire to 'break the internet' since guest editing Vogue and royal insiders believe she could do this with her own website
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The Duchess has shared her desire to 'break the internet' since guest editing Vogue and royal insiders believe she could do this with her own website
 Given Meghan's 'desire to be a different type of royal — pushing her own causes using digital and social media' they say it's not out of the question that The Tig would play an important role
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Given Meghan's 'desire to be a different type of royal — pushing her own causes using digital and social media' they say it's not out of the question that The Tig would play an important role
 On the blog, Meghan once wrote a post about 'sustainable travel tips'
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On the blog, Meghan once wrote a post about 'sustainable travel tips'Credit: Tig.com
 She also spoke about idolising celebs and gave tips on workouts and how to host events
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She also spoke about idolising celebs and gave tips on workouts and how to host eventsCredit: Tig.com
 She originally described the blog as 'a hub for the discerning palate'
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She originally described the blog as 'a hub for the discerning palate'
 Meghan with Harry at a baseball game in London in June
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Meghan with Harry at a baseball game in London in JuneCredit: PA:Press Association
 The proud parents show off baby Archie in May
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The proud parents show off baby Archie in MayCredit: Alamy Live News
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