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Meghan Markle's Cookbook Raised Millions For The Royal Foundation: Details Of The Duchess's Impact On The Firm Revealed

28 August, 2024 - 4:39PM
Meghan Markle's Cookbook Raised Millions For The Royal Foundation: Details Of The Duchess's Impact On The Firm Revealed
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The Royal Foundation's 2023 annual report has just been published and it gives a new insight into Meghan Markle's impact on the Firm. The 44-page report reveals that the Duchess of Sussex's charity cookbook, launched in 2018 to support Grenfell fire victims, generated sales of £84,540 last year.

The financial success of her cookbook, "Together: Our Community Cookbook", surpassed what The Royal Foundation gathered for Mental Health and Emergency Responders initiatives, also funding more grants than the Early Years and Emergency Responders programs.

However, Prince William's Earthshot prize raked in just shy of £1.3 million, and his homelessness initiative garnered just under £1.6 million, though £1.5 million was spent on related expenses.

Since its inception, the cookbook, which marked Meghan's first project as a member of the Royal Family, has amassed a notable £911,000.

Meghan, who became part of the Royal family through marriage in May 2018, has not been associated with The Royal Foundation as a patron since 2019, nor as a senior working Royal since early 2020.

Royal Suitor highlighted these details on their X page, prompting Sussex supporters to comment on Meghan's lasting effect on the Foundation.

One admirer, impressed by Meghan's "remarkable" efforts, commented: "The Hubb Community Cookbook will have a lasting impact on British communities for years to come, a testament to Meghan's remarkable achievements during her tenure as a working member of the Royal Family."

One user praised Meghan's initiative, "Amazing that Meghan's first solo project continues to have such an impact. Love that she restricted the profits from the sale of the cookbook. Five years on and they still have to write about its success."

Another supporter was full of admiration for her influence, "The duchess of impact. The Meghan Markle effect never fails", while someone else succinctly admired, "Beyond impressive! ".

'Together' was birthed by a group of women volunteers at a community kitchen as their way of helping those who were left homeless after the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

At the Kensington Palace launch of 'Together' in September 2018, Meghan expressed her affection for the project, "Working on this project for the past nine months has been a tremendous labor of love."

Meghan, who has been privately visiting the cooks, added: "I had just recently moved to London and I felt so immediately embraced by the women in the kitchen - your warmth, your kindness, and also to be able to be in this city and to see in this one small room how multi-cultural it was."

Meghan Markle's Cookbook Raised Millions For The Royal Foundation: Details Of The Duchess's Impact On The Firm Revealed
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Elena Kowalski
Elena Kowalski

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