So in Vogue! Meghan to guest edit fashion bible

Already heralded as a fashion icon, the duchess of Sussex is the surprise guest editor of Vogue for its bumper September issue, I can reveal.

The controversial appointment will see Meghan devote sections of the magazine — known as the ‘ fashion bible’ — to reports on her favourite charities, as well as articles concerning the environment and women’s issues close to her heart.

The duchess’s one- off editing gig has been a closely guarded secret and is a publishing coup for edward enninful, the suave editor of British Vogue who tempted Meghan to take up this role.

It will bring a pang of envy to dame anna Wintour, editor- in- chief of Vogue, who, I’m told, has been wooing the duchess in a bid to persuade her to guest edit the american title. But, despite Meghan’s U.S. heritage, she resisted Wintour’s pleas. Great care was taken to disguise Meghan’s editorial role. Meetings, I’m told, were very few and carried out clandestinely. Instead, a large number of emails went back and forth between Vogue’s West end offices and the Sussexes’ Windsor residence, Frogmore Cottage. Insiders wonder if Harry has been tempted to give Meghan tips for her time in the editor’s chair, drawing on his experience as guest editor of radio 4’s Today programme. It is now 15-all between edward and tennis fan dame anna, who famously failed to inform him that she had invited the Queen to British Fashion Week last year. Meghan will be in her element. Vogue is known for its cutting-edge fashion — as well as its scorchingly expensive clothes, just like the reportedly £56,000 ralph & russo creation the duchess wore in her engagement photos.