Harry and Meghan’s emotional reunion with Grenfell ‘ladies’published at 15:29 BST
15:29 BST
Isaac Ashe
East Midlands
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The Himmah Hub also saw an emotional reunion with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Grenfell “ladies”, who featured in a community cookbook championed by Meghan.
Meghan and Harry kissed, hugged and held hands with the four women invited to join the couple when they visited a Nottingham-based food poverty action group.
The women – who cooked for the Grenfell families in the wake of the fatal tower block fire – received regular private visits from the Duchess, who later told the BBC that catching up with the community cooks was “really, really meaningful”.
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In the organisation’s basement, the Grenfell chefs were helping to prepare a lunch of chicken tagine and other dishes alongside the charity’s cooks in the kitchen.
Staff from the charity had set up demonstration cooking areas outside the kitchen and Meghan told them: “I want to meet all of you, it smells amazing, but I have to go see my ladies first.”
She went into the kitchen and individually hugged Dayo Gilmour, Intlak Alsaiegh, Faiza Hayani Bellili and Leila Hedjem, and then there was a large group embrace.
As they greeted each other, one woman said “it’s been too long”, and Meghan replied “at least five years”.
A few minutes later, Harry went into the kitchen and was embraced by the women, as one said “we’ve missed you so much”.