"Meghan Markle's comic-con-style appearance at an Australian 'ultimate girls' weekend' where women pay £1,705 for a 'VIP experience' including a picture with the Duchess of Sussex was brokered by the 'third wheel' in her marriage to Prince Harry, the Daily Mail can reveal today.

Just as it emerged that Meghan's As Ever deal with Netflix ended, her close friend Markus Anderson has been credited with helping her secure the gig Down Under next month."

"..........Ms O'Neill said that Markus reached out to her to suggest Meghan as their guest of honour. She said Mr Anderson is 'the bee's knees and a top-notch human' so despite Gemma's initial reluctance she had agreed because Markus 'wouldn't be so close with someone who wasn't also the same'.

Although the booking appears to have not been agreed by the Duchess of Sussex directly. 'All of my dealings with Meghan's team have been so lovely, they're so delightful', Gemma added.

It is not known if Meghan is being remunerated but experts have predicted that Meghan will attend as a 'paid celebrity'. One royal source likened the appearance to the former Duchess of York. ‘She’s basically Fergie,’ they said"

So there you go, SoHo House is opening two new locations and that's how Meghan pushed her way, I mean.....was included in this retreat. Markus and Emma are friends or at least acquaintances. I love the way the DM always tries to imply that Meghan and Markus are "close friends", but they try to slip that he's her romantic interest (wink,wink). Nope,

What kills me is from the previous posts, this retreat is to help women get over a broken romance or how to cope? For the money they want, I'd use it to travel to the Maldives or Seychelles with my best fried or myself. I never needed a girl's retreat for that issue.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15638419/Handsome-fixer-known-wheel-Meghans-marriage-helped-broker-appearance-girls-retreat-Australia-shell-pose-photos-attendees-pay-1-700-privilege.html