By Molly Claire Goddard
3:33pm PDT, Oct 27, 2025
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During a speaking engagement with her friend
Courtney Adamo at Godmothers bookstore in Summerland, Calif., Meghan Markle
admitted she likes to greet guests barefoot and wearing an apron when they enter her house. "It demystifies things. People walk in and think, 'Oh, she's in this with me,'" the Duchess of Sussex said.
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Meghan Markle also revealed that she wants her home to feel like a sanctuary — one room especially so. "And what are they drawn to? The kitchen. They come right in and suddenly everyone's a little more relaxed," she said.
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Meghan Markle might be doing her best to seem relatable, but not everyone is buying it. "She's trying to have it both ways … and she can't," royal expert
Ingrid Seward said of the
Suits actress trying to be a "real" person while simultaneously basking in the spotlight.
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Meghan Markle refuted claims she isn't down-to-earth. "Don't they know my life hasn't always been like this?"
she told
The New York Times of her privileged status after marrying
Prince Harry.
