Meghan Markle in 2016.Photo: Meghan Markle/InstagramMeghan Marklemay be the Duchess of Sussex, but she still knows how to cook the perfect Thanksgiving feast!Just a few years ago, Meghan was celebrating Thanksgiving with her mom,Doria Ragland, in Los Angeles. Days later, she was back in London, where she andPrince Harryannounced their engagement to the world on November 27, 2017.Now, she’s spending Thanksgiving with her new family, as she and Harry prepare for their second holiday season as parents of two to sonArchie Harrison, 3, and daughterLilibet Diana, 1.Meghan shared last year that she was planning a low-key celebration for the holiday at their home in Montecito.“I love to cook. We’ll be home and just sort of relax and settle in. It’s our second Thanksgiving at home in California, so it will be nice,” Meghan toldEllen DeGenereson her talk show in Nov. 2021.Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.Dia Dipasupil/GettyAnd the self-proclaimed foodie can’t let her proven turkey skills go to waste. In 2016, Meghan revealed she cooked the perfect Thanksgiving turkey in the past in a throwback photo on hernow-deleted Instagram. Meghan relived the glory of her cooking conquest and admitted to feeling pressure to repeat it.Posting a shot of herself beside a picturesque turkey, Meghan wrote, “Oh, that time I roasted a pretty perfect Thanksgiving turkey! The question is, can I do it again? The pressure is on!“Judging from the post’s hashtags, it appears she brines her turkey before roasting — an easy yet time-consuming technique of soaking the bird before cooking that’s known to make it juicy and flavorful. “Let the brining begin.” she said.Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attending the Service of Thanksgiving for the Queen’s Jubilee on June 3.Samir Hussein/WireImageMeghan previously opened up about her Thanksgiving traditions and her passion for charity. In a post on herformer lifestyle blog, The Tig, she wrote: “Despite the contrast of my two worlds growing up, there was a powerful commonality: both my parents came from little, so they made a choice to give a lot – buying turkeys for homeless shelters at Thanksgiving, delivering meals to patients in hospice care, donating any spare change in their pocket to those asking for it, and performing quiet acts of grace – be it a hug, a smile, or a pat on the back to show ones in need that they would be alright.Can’t get enough ofPEOPLE’s Royals coverage?Sign up for our free Royals newsletterto get the latest updates onKate Middleton,Meghan Markleand more!“This is what I grew up seeing, so that is what I grew up being: a young adult with a social consciousness to do what I could, and to, at the very least, speak up when I knew something was wrong.”
Meghan Markle in 2016.Photo: Meghan Markle/Instagram
Meghan Marklemay be the Duchess of Sussex, but she still knows how to cook the perfect Thanksgiving feast!Just a few years ago, Meghan was celebrating Thanksgiving with her mom,Doria Ragland, in Los Angeles. Days later, she was back in London, where she andPrince Harryannounced their engagement to the world on November 27, 2017.Now, she’s spending Thanksgiving with her new family, as she and Harry prepare for their second holiday season as parents of two to sonArchie Harrison, 3, and daughterLilibet Diana, 1.Meghan shared last year that she was planning a low-key celebration for the holiday at their home in Montecito.“I love to cook. We’ll be home and just sort of relax and settle in. It’s our second Thanksgiving at home in California, so it will be nice,” Meghan toldEllen DeGenereson her talk show in Nov. 2021.Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.Dia Dipasupil/GettyAnd the self-proclaimed foodie can’t let her proven turkey skills go to waste. In 2016, Meghan revealed she cooked the perfect Thanksgiving turkey in the past in a throwback photo on hernow-deleted Instagram. Meghan relived the glory of her cooking conquest and admitted to feeling pressure to repeat it.Posting a shot of herself beside a picturesque turkey, Meghan wrote, “Oh, that time I roasted a pretty perfect Thanksgiving turkey! The question is, can I do it again? The pressure is on!“Judging from the post’s hashtags, it appears she brines her turkey before roasting — an easy yet time-consuming technique of soaking the bird before cooking that’s known to make it juicy and flavorful. “Let the brining begin.” she said.Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attending the Service of Thanksgiving for the Queen’s Jubilee on June 3.Samir Hussein/WireImageMeghan previously opened up about her Thanksgiving traditions and her passion for charity. In a post on herformer lifestyle blog, The Tig, she wrote: “Despite the contrast of my two worlds growing up, there was a powerful commonality: both my parents came from little, so they made a choice to give a lot – buying turkeys for homeless shelters at Thanksgiving, delivering meals to patients in hospice care, donating any spare change in their pocket to those asking for it, and performing quiet acts of grace – be it a hug, a smile, or a pat on the back to show ones in need that they would be alright.Can’t get enough ofPEOPLE’s Royals coverage?Sign up for our free Royals newsletterto get the latest updates onKate Middleton,Meghan Markleand more!“This is what I grew up seeing, so that is what I grew up being: a young adult with a social consciousness to do what I could, and to, at the very least, speak up when I knew something was wrong.”
Meghan Marklemay be the Duchess of Sussex, but she still knows how to cook the perfect Thanksgiving feast!
Just a few years ago, Meghan was celebrating Thanksgiving with her mom,Doria Ragland, in Los Angeles. Days later, she was back in London, where she andPrince Harryannounced their engagement to the world on November 27, 2017.
Now, she’s spending Thanksgiving with her new family, as she and Harry prepare for their second holiday season as parents of two to sonArchie Harrison, 3, and daughterLilibet Diana, 1.
Meghan shared last year that she was planning a low-key celebration for the holiday at their home in Montecito.
“I love to cook. We’ll be home and just sort of relax and settle in. It’s our second Thanksgiving at home in California, so it will be nice,” Meghan toldEllen DeGenereson her talk show in Nov. 2021.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.Dia Dipasupil/Getty
And the self-proclaimed foodie can’t let her proven turkey skills go to waste. In 2016, Meghan revealed she cooked the perfect Thanksgiving turkey in the past in a throwback photo on hernow-deleted Instagram. Meghan relived the glory of her cooking conquest and admitted to feeling pressure to repeat it.
Posting a shot of herself beside a picturesque turkey, Meghan wrote, “Oh, that time I roasted a pretty perfect Thanksgiving turkey! The question is, can I do it again? The pressure is on!”
Judging from the post’s hashtags, it appears she brines her turkey before roasting — an easy yet time-consuming technique of soaking the bird before cooking that’s known to make it juicy and flavorful. “Let the brining begin.” she said.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attending the Service of Thanksgiving for the Queen’s Jubilee on June 3.Samir Hussein/WireImage
Meghan previously opened up about her Thanksgiving traditions and her passion for charity. In a post on herformer lifestyle blog, The Tig, she wrote: “Despite the contrast of my two worlds growing up, there was a powerful commonality: both my parents came from little, so they made a choice to give a lot – buying turkeys for homeless shelters at Thanksgiving, delivering meals to patients in hospice care, donating any spare change in their pocket to those asking for it, and performing quiet acts of grace – be it a hug, a smile, or a pat on the back to show ones in need that they would be alright.
Can’t get enough ofPEOPLE’s Royals coverage?Sign up for our free Royals newsletterto get the latest updates onKate Middleton,Meghan Markleand more!
“This is what I grew up seeing, so that is what I grew up being: a young adult with a social consciousness to do what I could, and to, at the very least, speak up when I knew something was wrong.”
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