If you are associated with the Royal Family in any way, you are subject to scrutiny. That's just the way it is.

Meghan Markle knew this when she met Prince Harry. And she wanted to make sure that the object of scrutiny painted her in a positive light.

Page Six reported in 2020 that the then-actress' Wikipedia page was the subject of a large number of changes in October 2016, before her months-old relationship with Harry was revealed a few weeks later. The media outlet claimed that the IP addresses involved in these changes were "linked to a Los Angeles PR firm that has no connection to the Duchess."

At the time, the prevailing theory was that a friend of Markle's had requested these changes. Now, however, author Tom Bower claims that it was the future Duchess herself who worked with the PR firm to have her page modified.

"In late September 2016, nothing was more important than my relationship with Harry," Bower writes in his shocking new biography, Revenge: Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors (opens in new tab (opens in new tab).

"She decided that the story of the past needed to be adjusted.

"On October 9, 2016, a Los Angeles PR agency changed her Wikipedia entry.

"A reference to the game show Deal or No Deal was removed, along with a statement that she has case number 24. The technician also removed the reference to her being a fashion model.

"A section headed 'Humanitarian Action' was inserted. There, he described his visits to Rwanda and Afghanistan, and his speeches in New York for UN Women and The Tig.

Revenge is expected to make the Duke and Duchess of Sussex very uncomfortable: Bower is known for his inflammatory portraits of public figures and even hints that he is willing to let his book further damage their reputation. It's a strange thing to brag about, but oh well.