{"id":228476,"date":"2026-01-05T12:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/228476\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:18:14","slug":"meghan-markle-will-release-her-first-cookbook-in-2026-featuring-recipes-from-her-netflix-series-as-duchess-plots-expansion-of-her-as-ever-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/228476\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle &#8216;will release her first cookbook in 2026&#8217; featuring recipes from her Netflix series as duchess plots expansion of her As Ever brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meghan Markle will release her first book for adults in 2026, it was claimed today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It is a rumour that would normally have\u00a0the King and\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/prince_william\/index.html\" id=\"mol-42792450-e499-11f0-a0d0-8dda1b6e7774\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Prince William<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0as well as\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/buckingham-palace\/index.html\" id=\"mol-e9face30-e49a-11f0-a0d0-8dda1b6e7774\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Buckingham Palace<\/a> staff &#8211; quaking in their boots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/index.html\" id=\"mol-42981e00-e499-11f0-a0d0-8dda1b6e7774\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Royal Family<\/a> can relax because Meghan is not, for now, writing a tell-all autobiography, according to a well-placed source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She is lining up her first cookbook, off the back of\u00a0With Love, Meghan &#8211; and it will do &#8216;no harm&#8217; to Harry&#8217;s family back in the UK, it is said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her culinary manual may include recipes for her &#8216;single skillet spaghetti&#8217;, &#8216;rainbow-themed fruit salad&#8217; as well as her beloved jams and marmalade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Tips and tricks&#8217; about hosting at home, which formed a major part of her\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/netflix\/index.html\" id=\"mol-214dc310-e4a0-11f0-a0d0-8dda1b6e7774\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Netflix<\/a> TV series, are also expected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The book, said to be pencilled in for the spring, will likely coincide with an expansion of her As Ever brand into a wider range of non-food products such as candles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Daily Mail&#8217;s insider said: &#8216;Meghan is <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14418875\/ALISON-BOSHOFF-reveals-latest-bizarre-twist-saga-Meghans-new-lifestyle-brand.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">looking at a cookbook for early 2026 and there will be more lifestyle products coming in the spring<\/a>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It came after months of rumours of another Sussex relaunch, dubbed &#8216;Meghan 3.0&#8217; by experts &#8211; and the departure of another two senior aides.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ca522d112a219445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/104941685-15419003-Meghan_Markle_is_rumoured_to_be_releasing_a_cookbook_next_year-a-1_1767001236224..jpeg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Meghan Markle is rumoured to be releasing a cookbook in 2026\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Meghan Markle is rumoured to be releasing a cookbook in 2026\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2323f399ee0ca6cf\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/104019961-15419003-The_Duchess_of_Sussex_with_husband_Prince_Harry_in_the_new_festi-a-2_176700124002.jpeg\" height=\"574\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The Duchess of Sussex with husband Prince Harry in the Christmas episode of With Love, Meghan, where Harry joked that her mother Doria's cooking was better\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Duchess of Sussex with husband Prince Harry in the Christmas episode of With Love, Meghan, where Harry joked that her mother Doria&#8217;s cooking was better<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Duchess of Sussex will widen the As Ever range she sells, especially in candles and homeware, the insider has predicted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her wine offering is also expected to expand beyond her bottles of white, ros\u00e9 and sparkling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meghan is known for her love of a full-bodied red wine &#8211; her former blog The Tig was <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/debate\/article-12406581\/EPHRAIM-HARDCASTLE-Meghans-reported-plan-revive-Tig-lifestyle-blog-remind-admirers-enthusiasm-booze.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">named after one &#8211; with a California cabernet sauvignon rumoured to be in the pipeline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But she will move away from her crepe and biscuit kits, which were among the first products she produced when her business launched in March 2025, the Daily Mail&#8217;s source claimed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meghan&#8217;s cookbook, likely to include recipes from her With Love, Meghan series plus other favourites she has devised at home, would be her first for adults.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When she moved to the UK after falling in love with Harry, she wrote the foreword for Together: Our Community Cookbook in the wake of the Grenfell fire disaster in London in 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She has also written a children&#8217;s book, The Bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;2026 is looking like another big year for her. There will be more wine and definitely more homeware too&#8217;, the Mail&#8217;s insider said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;But she will ease off selling her biscuit and crepe kits&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Netflix has famously <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/mailplus\/article-14282901\/Meghan-talks-Netflix-run-lifestyle-brand.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">held off selling Meghan&#8217;s products in their US stores or pop-ups, despite being a partner in the As Ever business.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Mail&#8217;s source added: &#8216;They [Netflix] are monitoring the Christmas show to see if it picks up, before they <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-13969283\/netflix-pull-christmas-holiday-movie-fans-fume.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">do any proper pop-ups or experiences<\/a>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But while Netflix is yet to <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12775775\/Netflix-slammed-worst-Christmas-film-star-cast.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">release its viewing figures<\/a>, her Christmas special bombed with the critics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It was given multiple zero and one star reviews for its &#8216;numbing content&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Former royal butler Grant Harrold has also predicted that Meghan will release a book in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-9856569\/Tom-Bower-says-Meghan-Markle-biography-tell-truth.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Writing for AceOdds<\/a> he said: &#8216;I believe Meghan will write a book in 2026, however I don\u2019t think it will be the memoir many of her fans are hoping for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;While she\u2019s led a really interesting life and has many stories to tell, I don\u2019t think she will want to share them at this point. She\u2019s shared her stories and experience in interviews, however I\u2019m not sure we\u2019ll see a longer, tell-all book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;However I think we\u2019ll likely see something that fits with her new lifestyle branding, maybe a cookbook or a written version of her Netflix show sharing tips and tricks&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He added: &#8216;I think the Royal Family hope she continues her work in the lifestyle sphere. It\u2019s what she\u2019s passionate about and she\u2019s made a real mark. Plus, it can\u2019t really do much harm &#8211; and especially nothing like Harry did with his memoir&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/meghan-markle\/index.html\" id=\"mol-7d2640f0-df1d-11f0-b38e-8597d1ee70e3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Duchess of Sussex<\/a> used her Christmas episode of With Love, Meghan to <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-15348421\/Meghan-Markle-Netflix-Christmas-domestic-tips-wrapping-paper.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">share tips with celebrity friends on how to make crackers<\/a>, as well as wrapping different types of gifts and decorating a tree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But reviewers in the Daily Mail, Times, Guardian, Telegraph and Independent were left stunned by the 56-minute show &#8211; and not in a good way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Giving <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-15349565\/blink-miss-moment-meghan-markle-christmas-special-netflix.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration&#8217; zero stars out of five<\/a>, the Daily Mail&#8217;s reviewer Annabel Fenwick Elliott said: &#8216;It&#8217;s the syrupy hypocrisy and our hostess&#8217;s deep lack of self-awareness that continue to make her and this show so unlikeable&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/life-style\/celebrity\/article\/with-love-meghan-festive-review-tks027cpt\">Times <\/a>columnist Hilary Rose wrote that guests &#8216;queue up to say implausible things, running the gamut from moronic to trite and then emote joy&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In the\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/tv\/0\/love-meghan-holiday-celebration-netflix-review\/\">Telegraph<\/a>&#8216;s one-star review from arts and entertainment editor Anita Singh, the episode was labelled &#8216;quite mad and a little bit sad&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She cited the appearance of Naomi Osaka as the &#8216;most awkward section&#8217; of the programme, adding that the tennis star &#8216;has never met Meghan before and, judging by her expression, won&#8217;t be meeting her again soon if she can help it&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Another one-star review was published by the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/reviews\/meghan-markle-holiday-celebration-review-terrible-b2877068.html\">Independent<\/a>, whose deputy culture and lifestyle editor Hannah Ewens said the episode is &#8216;not fun, enjoyable or even aspirational&#8217; and a &#8216;predictably insipid festive special&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-24fd3fbd1a385f17\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/102872591-15419003-Prince_Harry_and_Meghan_before_getting_their_Humanitarians_of_th-a-3_176700132232.jpeg\" height=\"955\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Prince Harry and Meghan before getting their Humanitarians of the Year award in New York on October 9\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Prince Harry and Meghan before getting their Humanitarians of the Year award in New York on October 9<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-fa7df38b2bf3fbf5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/102940791-15419003-Meghan_Markle_Duchess_of_Sussex_attends_the_Balenciaga_Womenswea-a-4_176700132682.jpeg\" height=\"957\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A week earlier Meghan popped up at the Balenciaga Womenswear Spring\/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on October 4\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A week earlier Meghan popped up at the Balenciaga Womenswear Spring\/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on October 4<\/p>\n<p>Join the debate<\/p>\n<p class=\"questionText--qEDdN\">Should Meghan focus on lifestyle projects or address the controversies surrounding her public image?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tongues began wagging about a relaunch when after the Sussexes had a quiet summer, Meghan made a string of public appearances in New York with Prince Harry where the couple were handed a Humanitarians of the Year award in October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Sussexes were also pictured heading for a lunch with friend and tennis legend <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/serena_williams\/index.html\" id=\"mol-6a8658b0-a843-11f0-a8d4-872dae781640\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Serena Williams<\/a> in the Big Apple&#8217;s Soho House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meghan also <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15187681\/Its-Meghan-Markle-3-0-duchess-set-tongues-wagging-shes-plotting-Sussex-relaunch-holds-cosy-meeting-new-editor-US-Vogue.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">held a solo meeting with the new editor of American Vogue, Chloe Malle, in a quiet corner of the luxurious Whitby Hotel in Manhattan.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She was also <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15187109\/Meghan-Markle-visits-friend-feminist-icon-Gloria-Steinem-New-York.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">spotted without her husband visiting her friend Gloria Steinem, arguably one of America&#8217;s most influential liberal activists and feminists who has been a vocal supporter of Meghan post-Megxit.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And then weeks later the Duchess was the cover star for Harper&#8217;s Bazaar, where she was lampooned after she was announced to a room with only one other person in it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meghan had already <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/galleries\/article-15164001\/Meghan-Markle-pictured-Paris-Fashion-Week-Balenciaga-show.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">popped up in Paris at the Balenciaga Spring-Summer 2026 show nine days ago where her daring white and black outfits made headlines around the world.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One leading PR guru with clients in the US and UK told the Daily Mail at the time: &#8216;It&#8217;s Meghan 3.0. She&#8217;s on manoeuvres and looking for yet another relaunch.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle will release her first book for adults in 2026, it was claimed today. 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