The Gap Desk

Stories searchers asked for before anyone wrote them

By IJR

An IJR desk covering demand the Search Radar finds across search, news, and social surfaces — topics readers were already looking for. Any IJR journalist who takes a topic first gets the byline; this desk only writes what nobody claimed.

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Meghan Markle’s dad Thomas under investigation for hundreds/thousands of child porn imagesReaders are actively searching for this (social demand, priority 70). Answer the searcher's question directly and early. Research notes — report ONLY from these sources and attribute claims to them: - Thomas Markle under investigation for child porn: report (https://pagesix.com/2026/10/22/royal-family/thomas-markle-under-investigation-for-child-porn-report/, 2026-10-22): Thomas Markle under investigation for child porn: report # Meghan Markle’s dad, Thomas, under investigation for ‘hundreds, if