Meghan Markle Reveals Why the Sussex Title Is Her “Family Name”
Meghan Markle‘s kids are royally impressed with their parents.
The Duchess of Sussex shared a behind-the-scenes look at the making of season two of her Netflix series With Love, Meghan, and the recap included a sweet pic of her and Prince Harry‘s kids Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4, totally in awe of watching their mom at work.
In the snap shared to Instagram Sept. 1, Lili—wearing a floral dress with a bright pink sweater over top—sat at an outdoor patio table while holding a headphone in her ear and watching a screen showing Meghan filming a scene for the lifestyle show. And behind the toddler, her brother Archie—rocking a red T-shirt with the number “10” written in the middle of a soccer ball—held onto his own earpiece so he could listen to his mom shooting the episode as well.
And that wasn’t the only time Meghan’s loved ones got to be involved in With Love, Meghan.
Elsewhere in the series of images, Archie was seen holding onto the director’s clapperboard while a crew member smiled behind him. Meanwhile, Lili got a chance to sit in an iconic fold-out cast chair, and Harry, 40, posed with Meghan and one of her episode’s guest chefs Clare Smyth.
“Filming season two of ‘With Love, Meghan’ was more fun than you can imagine,” Meghan captioned the adorable Instagram carousel, which also included a screenshot of the music playlist she listened to on set. “Part of how we kept the vibe alive? Music. Between set ups I would play a song from my phone, and today I wanted to share some of the favorites I kept on rotation! Add them to your playlist, press shuffle, and enjoy!”
The 44-year-old added, “Happy Labor Day weekend! Work hard, play hard.”
Of course, Meghan had the support of more than just her family while diving back into her home-making show. After all, the Suits alum was joined by guest stars such as Chrissy Teigen, Tan France, David Chang and Christina Tosi.
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As Meghan put it in an Aug. 12 Instagram teasing the new installment, “The best moments are made to be shared.”
For all the can’t-miss moments from With Love, Meghan, keep reading.
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Meghan Markle’s Gift to Prince Harry for His 40th Birthday
Meghan Markle shared in season two that she made husband Prince Harry and his friends custom baseball hats bearing “PH40″—his initials and age—in honor of his 40th birthday in September 2024.
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How Meghan Markle Feels About Aging and “Different Era” of Her 40s
Before embarking on a Malibu girls’ trip with pal Heather Dorak, Meghan shared how she’s changed since being in her 20s.
“When I met her, our connection was through health and fitness,” she said. “We would go for runs together, and now we’re moms. We both have two kids. Husbands are really good friends. It’s really sweet to watch the evolution of that friendship.”
The former Suits star went on to share how her thoughts about aging have evolved as well.
“It’s great to go through all that growing up when you’re in your 20s, and start to figure it out when you’re in your 30s, and it’s really awesome to be in your 40s,” she explained. “You have to go through all of that to get to where you’re supposed to be. And it’s been really interesting to watch as we’ve gotten older and more comfortable as women and who we are and in our skin and our bodies.”
Noting the friends now indulge in cookies and wine together, Meghan added, “We’ve just settled into a different era.”
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Meghan Markle and Chrissy Teigen Reunite After Deal or No Deal
Meghan confessed of her former Deal or No Deal costar, “I haven’t seen her in almost 20 years, and then I reached out and we reconnected a couple years ago.”
When they finally got together in season two, the pair reminisced about old times on set.
“I remember all having to stand in line,” Meghan recalled, “to get our lashes put on in a row.”
Although they haven’t met up since, the Duchess of Sussex admitted she’s been keeping tabs on Chrissy’s career.
“I left that show and then a year or so later, you got famous,” Meghan told her. “I was like, oh my god, she’s on the cover of Sports Illustrated…You were so sweet.”
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Meghan Markle Jokes She Has Secret Child
After Meghan accidentally referred to the Hawthorn flower as “Honsworth,” Chrissy joked that she thought the royal was revealing the name of her secret third child.
As the Cravings cookbook author noted, “I was like, ‘You have a kid named Honsworth?'”
To which, Meghan joked, “My child you’ve never heard of. By the way, if I could’ve have kept a secret like that, I mean, impressive.”
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Prince Harry Makes “Surprise Visit” in Season 2
Harry made a brief appearance in season two alongside Meghan and Clare Smyth—the chef who oversaw their 2018 wedding—after Clare flew in to California for the special episode. The three posed for a photo together captioned, “Surprise Visit!”
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Meghan Markle Details Archie’s Personality
Meghan—who shares kids Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet with Harry—described her “sweet little boy” as “the most tender, sweet, adorable child of all time.”
“I always wanted to be a mom,” Meghan added. “I love it. It’s better than I even expected.”
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Meghan Markle Reveals What She Misses Most About U.K.
Meghan had to face the music after her move from London to California.
“Honestly, one of the things I miss the most about the U.K. is the radio station Magic,” she admitted to guest Tan France. “I’ll be that grandma.”
These days, she noted her playlists can range from soul to country music.
“My favorite station in my car is called ‘Mom Jeans,’” she said. “These are throwback, great sing-alongs, you forget they existed.”
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Meghan Markle Admits She Made This “Horrible” Dish on the Night Prince Harry Proposed
Cooking might be one of Meghan’s love languages, but her dishes don’t always turn out egg-celent.
“I roasted a chicken the night my husband proposed to me, roast chicken is what we served at our wedding, I make it at least once a week,” she explained. “When I made a roast chicken for my now-husband, I was still having a lot of challenges with the conversion of Celsius and Fahrenheit.”
So, she confessed, “I made a horrible chicken that night. I mean, truly terrible. So, the point is, you could make a terrible chicken and someone is still going to appreciate the thought.”
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Prince Harry Calls Meghan Markle “So American” When She Does This
She quipped during Clare’s episode that Harry calls her “so American” for pronouncing “herbs” without an “H,” making the letter silent.
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Meghan Markle’s Ayurvedic Doctor Made Her Eat This Food While Pregnant
The actress shared that she sought advice from an Ayurvedic doctor—the practitioner of a system of traditional medicine that started in India—while pregnant, but she bemoaned to guest Samin Nosrat that she was required to eat “so many” dates. “So many.”
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How Meghan Markle Started Making Preserves
While fans know Meghan loves a good jam, she revealed in season one she really got into the preserve-making process after she and Harry moved into their home in Montecito, Calif.
“These vines were here actually when we moved in,” she said in the second episode of With Love, Meghan while picking berries. “This is sort of what inspired my jam and preserve-making.”
As for Meghan’s favorite preserve?
“My grandmother used to make apple butter, so I like that because it’s connected to something sentimental,” the Duchess of Sussex shared, noting her kids Archie and Lili now get to see her carry on the tradition. “But I think my kids will now connect this to coming home from school and smelling sweetness that wafts through the house when you are slow-cooking fruit. ‘There she is. Oh, Mom’s making some preserves again.'”
In fact, Meghan said Lili has even tried her hand at preserve-making.
“Lili and I actually made this batch together,” she said while serving strawberry preserve in episode five. “She picked all those berries with me, and then she’s like, ‘No no, mama. I’ll do it.’ And she wants to try. She’s like, ‘I’ll stir it. I’ll mash it.’ Great. And then you keep the hot stuff away and go ahead and pour it in. But she’s proud. That part feels good.”
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Prince Harry’s Cooking Skills
However, it appears Harry, who made a cameo on season one, has some culinary skills too.
“H is a great cook,” Meghan shared in episode five, calling her husband by his nickname. “He makes really great breakfast.”
The duchess also offered some insight into how the Duke of Sussex likes to season his food.
“I have a family, a husband, who no matter what meal is put in front of him, before he tastes it, puts salt on,” Meghan revealed in the second episode, adding she will “try to under-salt” as a result.
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She Describes Her Fashion
When it comes to her fashion, Meghan said she prefers a “high-low” style that involves mixing luxurious with less expensive pieces.
The former Suits star broke down her outfit during season one in which she hosted Mindy Kaling for a tea party, sharing she wore Zara pants, a Loro Piana top and a Jenni Kayne sweater.
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Meghan Markle Shares Some of Her Favorite Things
While the series showcases Meghan’s love of hosting, cooking, gardening and decorating, she also sheds light on some of her other interests.
For instance, in one episode, she hosted a game night for her friends.
“We have all started to learn mahjong together in the past few months,” she said. “Mahjong started in China in the 1800s, and we play a version called American mahjong. What I’ve come to really love about mahjong, the game itself is really fun, but what was so great was the idea of learning something new with your friends together and then recognizing that the mahjong becomes the background of the expansion of friendship.”
In another episode, her friend, Tatcha founder Vicky Tsai, said Meghan also likes pickleball while the duchess herself revealed some of her favorite genres of music.
“I listen to a lot of ’70s soft rock and a lot of yacht rock and a lot of Soul,” Meghan said in episode five, “and then French dinner party music.”
And when it come to food, she said she has a “very, very high tolerance” for spice.
“Even at a young age, we didn’t have a lot, but we traveled,” she said. “My mom was a travel agent. We would just try so many different flavors and different places. My mom would make gumbo, and Soul food has a lot of flavor and a lot of kick to it. I crave that, and I always gravitate to that level of heat. So I am ushering my family into my palate, but I love it.”
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Her Favorite Fast Food Restaurants as a Kid
During episode two of the first season, Meghan recalled how she “grew up with a lot of fast food and also a lot of TV tray dinners.”
“It feels like such a different time,” she remembered in episode two, “but that was so normal with the microwavable kids’ meals that had compartmentalized [sections]…I grew up with that, watching Jeopardy! and having a lot of fast food.”
Her favorites at the time?
“I used to eat a lot of Pollo Loco, Taco Bell—extra hot sauce on the Mexican pizza,” Meghan said, plus, “Jack in the Box because my mom loved their tacos.”
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On Her Participation in the Girl Scouts
However, these weren’t the only memories she shared from her childhood. Meghan also spoke about her time in the Girl Scouts.
“I was a Girl Scout for so many years,” she said on episode four. “I started as a Daisy, which is when you’re 5 or 6, and I sold a lot of cookies. My mom was troop leader—Troop 949.”
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Why Meghan Markle Likes Her Sussex Title
After stepping back as working members of the royal family in 2020, Harry and Meghan continued to keep their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles.
And in With Love, Meghan, she explained why the Sussex name is so meaningful to her.
“It’s so funny too that you keep saying Meghan Markle,” Meghan told Mindy in episode two. “You know I’m Sussex now. You have kids and you go, ‘No, I share my name with my children.’ I didn’t know how meaningful it would be to me, but it just means so much to say, ‘This is our family name. Our little family name.'”
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She Details Her Bond With HEr Her Kids
Speaking of Archie and Lili, Meghan offered a few insights into their world in the series.
The mother of two revealed her kids share her love of gardening, noting they have their own tools and that “they take gardening seriously.” She also spoke about her daughter’s love of pink and her clean-up song.
“Clean as you go. Lili has made a song out of it,” Meghan said in episode five. “‘Clean as you go. Clean, clean, clean, clean, clean as you go.'”
In addition, Meghan talked about making sun tea with Archie and the time he went fishing and caught a trout. She also detailed her love of cooking with her children.
“It’s so much a part of what I want them to learn and have these great formative memories of being there with me,” she said in episode five. “‘Oh mama used to make this.'”
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On Her First Jobs
Long before she was an actress or a duchess, Meghan had her first job at an ice cream shop.
“I was 13 years old,” she remembered during episode five of With Love, Meghan, “and my first job was at Humphrey Yogart.”
Later on, Meghan helped make doughnuts.
“Doughnuts in general just remind me of my childhood,” she said in episode three. “I once had a job at a little doughnut shop called Lil Orbits Donuts. They made tiny, tiny not doughnut holes, little tiny mini doughnuts they would sell at craft venues. I helped.”
And when she was in college, Meghan worked at a bar in Chicago.
“Doing two majors and then like, ‘I’ll go to Chicago and I’ll just go and make extra money. And I’ll be the coat-check girl,'” the Northwestern University alum said in episode seven. “And they’re like, ‘Oh no, you can actually be a cocktail waitress.'”
But after she was confused by a customer’s martini order, Meghan added, she said her boss told her, “‘Let’s have you go back to being a coat-check girl.'”
Plus, Meghan revealed in other episodes that she previously taught gift-wrapping classes, led book making classes at Paper Source and worked as a hostess at Mirabelle Restaurant on Sunset Blvd.
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On Her Time in Argentina
In episode four—in which Meghan hosts a get-together with Nacho Figueras‘ wife Delfina Blaquier—she reflects on her time abroad.
“When I lived in Argentina, I think the reason I loved it so much is it reminded me of California in a lot of ways where you have the mountains, and you have just this joy of life and the joy of being outside,” the duchess said. “I was only there for a few months interning at the U.S. embassy, but I loved it.”
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She Details Moving to Toronto for Suits
Meghan played Rachel Zane on Suits from 2011 to 2018, and she’ll never forget when she found out she was moving to Toronto for the role.
“You find out it gets picked up. It’s in Toronto. OK, what’s that mean?” she said on episode two. “OK, one season in Toronto. Amazing. Two seasons. OK, is my life gonna be now in this other place? Now, thankfully, I love Canada, and I always tried to invite the cast over or people you meet at the dog park with your dog.”
In fact, her costar Abigail Spencer appears in one of the With Love, Meghan episodes.
Saying Goodbye to Her Beloved Dog Guy
In January 2025, Meghan announced her beloved dog, Guy, passed away.
The adorable beagle made several appearances throughout the Netflix series, and Meghan had opened up about her love for him.
“I would do anything for Guy, and he knows it,” she said in episode four. “He can have whatever he wants because he is whatever kind of guy you need him to be depending on the day—my sweet guy, my silly guy, my saucy little guy, always my spoiled guy.”
And he was always by her side.
“Guy’s just always there,” she added in episode five. “He’s my shadow, and he’s been with me for a very, very, very long time. Guy’s been with me since I lived in Toronto. He was found in the woods in Kentucky, and he’s since moved with me to the U.K., back to Canada, to California. So yeah, Guy has a lot of stories to tell.”
Following the final episode of season one, Meghan noted that the series is “in loving memory of Guy.”
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