Meghan Markle Reveals the 'Mom Thing' She Did Even Before She Had Kids in Netflix Show

Mar. 15, 2025

Meghan Markle at the Paley Honors Fall Gala celebrating Tyler Perry in Beverly Hills, California on Dec. 4, 2024.Photo:Leon Bennett/FilmMagic

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Meghan Markleis a mother toPrince ArchieandPrincess Lilibet, but she had a “mom thing” even before they were born.The Duchess of Sussex, 43, said she felt compelled to “feed people” even before she became a parent, she shared in episode six ofWith Love, Meghan, which premiered on Netflix on March 4.The Duchess of Sussex spoke about her passion for cooking while preparing food for a taco bar ahead of a game night with friendsTracy Robbins, Victoria Jackson and Jennifer Rudolph Walsh. Meghan was preparing plantain chips and guacamole for the girls' night when chef Ramon Velazquez, a Montecito restaurateur, popped in to visit, and they bonded about food and community.“I love feeding people. Maybe that’s a mom thing, but even before I had kids, I just loved the idea of being able to see someone go, ‘Gasp — that’s so good,” and knowing you were a part of that," Meghan said.The Duchess of Sussex then dehydrated citrus for margaritas later, revealing the useful tool that her momDoria Raglandgave her for Christmas: a food dehydrator!“My home also has a lot of fruit trees. We share it with friends and donate to a local food bank,” Meghan said.In anexclusive interview with PEOPLE, the Duchess of Sussex identifies food as one of her love languages.“Some of my favorite childhood moments are the meals that my mom would make. She’d make a lot of soul food," she says. “I remember she’d taken a Thai cooking class, so every week we had Thai BBQ chicken and spring rolls. I remember those flavors so well, and I want my kids to have those same formative memories of things that I cook. We call them Mama Meals, and those are the ones that I hope they come back to when they’re older, when they’re married, and they have their own kids, and they go, ‘Oh, let’s have a Mama Meal.’ And it’s the same roast chicken I’ve been making since they were little.”Meghan Markle.The Duchess of Sussex also leaned into her love offood and cookingon her now-defunct lifestyle blog The Tig, which she ran from 2014 to 2017 and closed during her courtship with Prince Harry. Harry and Meghan even got engaged while cooking dinner (roast chicken!) and the Duchess of Sussex spearheaded the publication of the charitableTogether: Our Community Cookbookin 2018.The Duchess of Sussex got the idea for the project after cooking with women who suffered in theGrenfell Tower fireat the Hubb Community Kitchen. She wrote the foreword for the collection of 50 recipes, and the landmark cookbook was one of her first initiatives as a member of the royal family.Meghan Markle visits Hubb Community Kitchen in London on Nov. 21, 2018.CHRIS JACKSON/AFP via GettyElsewhere in the sixth episode ofWith Love, Meghan, one of her friends asked her at game night when her next cookbook was coming. Laughing it off, the Duchess of Sussex said she didn’t have any plans.With Love, Meghanis the Duchess of Sussex’s first time hosting a show solo for Netflix, and she served as both host and executive producer for the venture. The lifestyle series,filmed in Montecito, chronicled her taking on hobbies like cooking, crafting, creating and entertaining as she welcomed friends new and old across eight episodes.Alice Waters and Meghan Markle in “With Love, Meghan” on Netflix.Courtesy of NetflixCan’t get enough of PEOPLE’s Royals coverage?Sign up for our free Royals newsletterto get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!“This is about connecting with friends, making new friends, and just, learning,” Meghan said in theofficial trailerfor the series.

Meghan Markleis a mother toPrince ArchieandPrincess Lilibet, but she had a “mom thing” even before they were born.

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, said she felt compelled to “feed people” even before she became a parent, she shared in episode six ofWith Love, Meghan, which premiered on Netflix on March 4.

The Duchess of Sussex spoke about her passion for cooking while preparing food for a taco bar ahead of a game night with friendsTracy Robbins, Victoria Jackson and Jennifer Rudolph Walsh. Meghan was preparing plantain chips and guacamole for the girls’ night when chef Ramon Velazquez, a Montecito restaurateur, popped in to visit, and they bonded about food and community.

“I love feeding people. Maybe that’s a mom thing, but even before I had kids, I just loved the idea of being able to see someone go, ‘Gasp — that’s so good,” and knowing you were a part of that,” Meghan said.

The Duchess of Sussex then dehydrated citrus for margaritas later, revealing the useful tool that her momDoria Raglandgave her for Christmas: a food dehydrator!

“My home also has a lot of fruit trees. We share it with friends and donate to a local food bank,” Meghan said.

In anexclusive interview with PEOPLE, the Duchess of Sussex identifies food as one of her love languages.

“Some of my favorite childhood moments are the meals that my mom would make. She’d make a lot of soul food," she says. “I remember she’d taken a Thai cooking class, so every week we had Thai BBQ chicken and spring rolls. I remember those flavors so well, and I want my kids to have those same formative memories of things that I cook. We call them Mama Meals, and those are the ones that I hope they come back to when they’re older, when they’re married, and they have their own kids, and they go, ‘Oh, let’s have a Mama Meal.’ And it’s the same roast chicken I’ve been making since they were little.”

Meghan Markle.

The Duchess of Sussex also leaned into her love offood and cookingon her now-defunct lifestyle blog The Tig, which she ran from 2014 to 2017 and closed during her courtship with Prince Harry. Harry and Meghan even got engaged while cooking dinner (roast chicken!) and the Duchess of Sussex spearheaded the publication of the charitableTogether: Our Community Cookbookin 2018.

The Duchess of Sussex got the idea for the project after cooking with women who suffered in theGrenfell Tower fireat the Hubb Community Kitchen. She wrote the foreword for the collection of 50 recipes, and the landmark cookbook was one of her first initiatives as a member of the royal family.

Meghan Markle visits Hubb Community Kitchen in London on Nov. 21, 2018.CHRIS JACKSON/AFP via Getty

Elsewhere in the sixth episode ofWith Love, Meghan, one of her friends asked her at game night when her next cookbook was coming. Laughing it off, the Duchess of Sussex said she didn’t have any plans.

With Love, Meghanis the Duchess of Sussex’s first time hosting a show solo for Netflix, and she served as both host and executive producer for the venture. The lifestyle series,filmed in Montecito, chronicled her taking on hobbies like cooking, crafting, creating and entertaining as she welcomed friends new and old across eight episodes.

Alice Waters and Meghan Markle in “With Love, Meghan” on Netflix.Courtesy of Netflix

Courtesy of Netflix

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“This is about connecting with friends, making new friends, and just, learning,” Meghan said in theofficial trailerfor the series.

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