Duchess
Meghan joined by her mother for launch of London
Grenfell cookbook
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[September 21, 2018]
LONDON (Reuters) - Meghan Markle, Britain's
Duchess of Sussex, was joined by her mother and husband
Prince Harry on Thursday for the launch of a charity
recipe book to help a community cooking project set up
in the wake of London's Grenfell Tower fire disaster.
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The duchess's mother Doria Ragland was a surprise visitor for
the launch of the cookbook, which will raise funds for the Hubb
Community Project created last summer by survivors of the blaze
that killed 71 people after engulfing the 24-storey social
housing block in west London.
"I had just recently moved to London and I felt so immediately
embraced by the women in the kitchen, the warmth and 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 told
those involved in the project at a lunch at Kensington Palace.
"On a personal level, I feel so proud to live in a city that can
have so much diversity. It's pretty outstanding."
The "Together: Our Community Cookbook", a collection of 50
recipes from the diverse users of the communal kitchen at the Al
Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre, will be used to allow
the project to expand and open for up to seven days a week.
The 37-year-old American former actress wrote the foreword to
the book which represents her first solo venture since becoming
a member of Britain's royal family after marrying Queen
Elizabeth's grandson Harry in May.
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British media said it was unheard of for family members to be
involved in official royal engagements, saying Ragland, who had not
been seen in public with her daughter since the wedding, had told
guests on her arrival: "Hi, I'm Meg's mom".
While Ragland has been given a prominent royal seal of approval,
Meghan's father has spoken of his fears that she will not contact
him again.
Thomas Markle pulled out of the May's spectacular wedding ceremony
at the queen's Windsor Castle home after undergoing heart surgery
and amid controversy that he had staged photos with a paparazzi
photographer.
(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Stephen Addison)
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