Meghan reveals Archie, six, and Lili, 4, sell their homegrown fruit and veg at the local market in Montecito

Meghan Markle today revealed Archie and Lilibet sell produce from their Montecito mansion’s garden at a local farmers’ market so they understand the ‘value of things’.

The Duchess of Sussex said she tries to keep her children grounded by getting them to do gardening, admitting they are ‘very lucky’ to live in a ‘privileged’ home.

Meghan was speaking to her friend and fellow podcaster Emma Grede, British-born CEO of fashion brand Good American and a founding partner of Kim Kardashian‘s Skims line.

Meghan said: ‘We grow a lot of veggies. We sometimes do a little farmers’ market stand.’

The Duchess also revealed that she and and Harry want Archie and Lili to know the value of money.

She said: ‘There’s a cost and a price for things, and I think that’s key for children to understand, especially children who are very lucky to have a home, that has privilege, you need to know that just like manners, and taking care of the things around you, there is a value on things.

‘Gardening is really really so great for children because it teaches them patience and teaches them to value and appreciate their food.’

It came weeks after the Duchess, 43, posted a sweet image of the Sussexes’ beagle Mia sniffing a basket of fresh produce seemingly grown in the garden of her mansion in California.

But eagle-eyed social media users immediately claimed there was something suspicious about her fruit and veg, including a lack of any mud on them and the time of year they were picked.

The Duchess of Sussex , 43, made the remarks in an of Aspire With Emma Grede

Meghan says she and Harry want their children to know the value of things and understand money

 Meghan recently shared in image of produce in her garden – but it was lampooned and even questioned

Today Meghan also spoke about balancing her business As Ever with parenting. 

She went on: ‘This is such a key age. I don’t want to miss a moment for my children and I love that I can do drop off and pick up at school and do meetings in between and go to Disneyland for two days, as we just did. And, you know, volunteer to serve hot lunch at school or be the chaperone for the kindergarten field trip’, she said.

Meghan said she makes their packed lunches and suggested she sometimes sprinkles the famous edible flowers sold by her As Ever brand inside.

‘I love it at the end of a long day. The kids are down to bed at like 7ish. I can go downstairs have a glass of wine [and] I’m doing their little lunch. I find joy in it for whatever reason and it can be therapeutic. That for me is one of my simple pleasures’.

It came in a podcast episode where she appears to have taken a series of new pops at the Royal Family after she pointedly said that she wanted people to ‘tell the truth’ about her.

The Duchess also shared advice from her friend Serena Williams about ‘lies’ in another apparent dig about her life in the public eye since she fell in love with Harry.

Emma asked the Duchess: ‘If you could rewrite your public narrative from scratch, is there anything you would do differently?’.

Meghan wore a determined look and replied: ‘Yes, I would ask people to tell the truth’.

Ms Gerde said Meghan must feel ‘angry’ to have people ‘lying about [her] all the time’.  Meghan said that she dealt with this by remembering advice from her friend, tennis champion Serena Williams.  

‘My dear friend Serena, she told me years ago: ‘A lie can’t live forever’.’ Meghan then laughed and said pointedly: ‘Eight years is a long time, but not forever’ – a clear nod to the period when she first began dating Prince Harry.

She then described fame as having ‘peaks and valleys’ and claims she has survived with ‘a lot of self work’ as well as de-stressing by spending time with her children, hiking and ‘date nights’ with Harry.

There was also a subtle dig at royal life where she described times in her life where she ‘wasn’t as empowered with my voice’, but said of her return to Instagram, which she left when she became a royal: ‘It was a great way to get my voice back.’  

Royal watchers also noticed that she was wearing $15,000 Birks 2.15ct Snowflake Snowstorm Diamond earrings that she wore no less than nine times to royal events before she and Harry quit as frontline royals. They first appeared on the eve of the royal wedding in 2018. 

Meghan Markle appears to have taken another subtle jab at the royal family, saying she wishes people would ‘tell the truth’ about her

The moment Meghan said that Serena Williams told her ‘a lie can’t live forever’ – in another apparent dig

There was an awkward moment where Meghan denied having less As Ever stock to ensure a quick sell out, calling it a ‘beautiful surprise’, which appeared to briefly shock the podcast host and entrepreneur Emma Grede

The Duchess made the remarks in an episode of the Aspire With Emma Grede podcast, which was released this morning. 

In the new 90-minute bombshell interview, Meghan said:

• Meghan claimed the idea for As Ever came after friends told her her homemade jams made them ‘so happy’ – but she insisted that she would have been overjoyed just selling it at the local farmers’ market;
• She said she is taking a break from her ‘Confessions of a Female Founder’ podcast to focus on her new business. But gave the impression it would return;
• There was an awkward moment when Meghan denied that she had planned to sell out of all her products in under and hour to build excitement around the brand, calling it a ‘beautiful surprise’; 
• Meghan claims she has no fear of failure. ‘I don’t feel imposter syndrome. I feel like I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be right now,’ she said. 
• She claims that Lilibet and Archie sell fruit and veg grown at home at a local market to learn the value of money;
• The Duchess of Sussex said she is very flattered to be compared to Martha Stewart and Gwyneth Paltrow;
• Returning to Instagram has been ‘liberating’ and allows her to share ‘what’s going on’ on her ‘own terms’ and ‘get my voice back’; 
• She deals with stress by spending time with her family, hiking and also date nights with Prince Harry; 
• Meghan also claimed that she struggled to find acting parts when she started out because she is mixed race. It gave her a ‘thick skin’, which she says helped her in life and now business;
• She says her appetite for business began when she began selling homemade scrunchies for $1 at school;

The Duchess’s ‘truth’ comments will raise eyebrows in royal circles. Meghan was accused of bullying by two Buckingham Palace aides.

‘There are plenty of people who worked with Harry and Meghan in those difficult years who would love to tell the truth about what happened to them’, one royal insider claimed to MailOnline today.

A second anonymous royal insider said: ‘It takes two to tango so I think many people in the family and the Royal Household might have done things differently and regret how things have turned out. But the fact is Harry and Meghan upset both sides of their family and many of the people who worked for them.

‘They aren’t speaking to most of them. Can it really be everyone’s fault but theirs?

‘If there is a chance of building bridges and moving on, then the Sussexes need to acknowledge their errors as part of that process. I’m not sure Meghan would really want all of the truth to come out though’.

One former staffer, who had to sign a confidentiality agreement, previously urged the palace to lift non-disclosure agreements so they could respond to ‘attacks’ on the royal household from the Sussexes after they emigrated to the US.

The appearance marks Meghan’s second long-form podcast interview in recent months and follows the season finale of her own show, Confessions of a Female Founder, which wrapped up two weeks ago.

In their conversation, Meghan discusses the launch of her lifestyle brand, As Ever, and reveals how its signature raspberry jam, which she calls fruit spread, sold out almost immediately after launch, and was inspired by her personal garden.

She also touches on the difficulties of building a business in the spotlight, where even the smallest change can garner public attention.

Reflecting on her entrepreneurial spirit, Meghan recalls her earliest foray into business as a young girl, when she made and sold homemade scrunchies to her classmates.

And describing how she dealt with pressure, including the launch of her As Ever brand she said: ‘I don’t see the possibility of failure – not when you can learn from everything that you’ve done’. 

When asked about what she would tell a younger Meghan she replied: ‘Life is full of surprises and life is short. I really believe that no matter what anyone is going through that if you are able to say that, yes, this is going to pass or this is amazing and let’s really embrace it’. She added she thought her ‘15-year-old self’ would be ‘really proud of me today and that makes me happy’.

Royal watchers also noticed that she was wearing $15,000 Birks 2.15ct Snowflake Snowstorm Diamond earrings that she wore no less than nine times to royal events before she and Harry quit as frontline royals

And the interview also touches on Meghan’s now-viral ‘Baby Mama’ dance clip, which she shared earlier this month on Instagram to mark daughter Princess Lilibet’s fourth birthday.

The short video, taken during her labour with Lilibet, shows Meghan dancing along to Starrkeisha’s viral TikTok anthem while heavily pregnant, with Harry making a cameo in the background.

It sparked a flurry of reactions online, but Meghan now says it was all about reclaiming joy and being real with her audience. ‘You have to be authentic,’ she tells Grede.

‘Did you see my ‘Baby Momma’ dance? That was four years ago. So it’s also a really great reminder that with all the noise or whatever people do, there’s still a whole life – a real, authentic, fun life – that’s happening behind the scenes.’

She adds that she’s ‘grateful’ to be back on social media, saying it finally gives her a platform to share ‘on her own terms.’

‘It was a great way for me to get my voice back. It’s my space and my channel for joy’, she said. 

Meghan’s return to podcasting comes as part of a broader media push, following the official launch of As Ever.

The Duchess’s pointed remarks about image and authenticity will no doubt spark conversation – particularly as she continues to carve out a brand separate from the House of Windsor.

The candid interview comes just after Meghan shared her most intimate glimpse at family life in Montecito, California, yet.

Meghan shared a Father’s Day tribute post for her husband, Prince Harry, with clear views of the children’s faces throughout the video

Meghan’s now-viral ‘Baby Mama’ dance clip was shared earlier this month on the royal’s Instagram to mark daughter Princess Lilibet’s fourth birthday

The short video, taken during her labour with Lilibet, shows Meghan dancing while heavily pregnant, with Prince Harry making a cameo in the background

In light of Father’s Day in the UK yesterday, Meghan shared a tribute post for her husband, Prince Harry, who is the father to their two young children, Archie, six, and Lilibet with clear views of the children’s faces throughout the video.

Though the couple have previously chosen to shield their children’s faces from social media, their guards appear to be dropping as Meghan shared a string of revealing clips of her family to her nearly four million followers.

The insights didn’t stop there, and the mother of two displayed some of Harry’s most special moments with his children to mark the occasion.

She captioned the clip, which was accompanied by Jason Mraz’s Have It All playing in the background, ‘The best. Happy Father’s Day to our favourite guy.’

The clip started with 40-year-old Harry lying down with his newborn child on his chest as he gently stroked their fingers before moving on to a snippet of him playing ball on the front drive with Archie.

Moments later came another newborn clip showing a sweet memory of Harry holding his child up to the camera as they smiled at one another.

Meghan followed the clip with a photograph of Harry and Lilibet walking barefoot through sun-drenched sand as they held each other’s hands.