--- ---  # This Is Meghan Markle's First Solo Charity Project as a Royal  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 17, 2018 4:27 PM UTC  LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 04: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attends the WellChild awards at Royal Lancaster Hotel on September 4, 2018 in London, England. The Duke of Susssex has been patron of WellChild since 2007\. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage) LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 04: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attends the WellChild awards at Royal Lancaster Hotel on September 4, 2018 in London, England. The Duke of Susssex has been patron of WellChild since 2007\. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage)Samir Hussein—Samir Hussein/WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 17, 2018 4:27 PM UTC In her first solo charity work since she became the [Duchess of Sussex](http://time.com/5228207/meghan-markle-title-royal-wedding/), [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5367698/meghan-markle-outfit-style-trends/) is supporting a community cookbook that will benefit the Hubb Community Kitchen, a community founded by women affected by [the fatal 2017 Grenfell Tower Fire](http://time.com/4830302/grenfell-tower-london-fire/) in West London. In a video released by Kensington Palace on Monday, Markle talks about how she became involved with the creation of _Together: Our Community Cookbook_, a book that includes over 50 recipes from the women of the Hubb Community Kitchen. _“Together_ is a cookbook but it’s also the story of a West London community who gathered together in a kitchen and discovered the healing power of food,” Markle says in the video. “In January 2018, as I was settling into my new home of London, I met a group of women whose community had been affected by the Grenfell fire. They had decided to get together to cook fresh food for their families and their neighbors.” > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1041612948593106944) The Duchess, who wrote the foreword to the cookbook, has continued to visit the Hubb Community Kitchen; proceeds from sales of the book will go towards supporting the community kitchen, helping the organization to stay open seven days a week to help those affected by the devastation of the fire, which took the lives of 71 victims. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1041614862978297858) Across the pond, Markle’s good friend Serena Williams was more than enthused about the Duchess’ new charitable project, taking to Instagram to encourage her. Meghan Markle Supports Cookbook to Benefit Grenfell Victims ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5398252/meghan-markle-cookbook/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5398252/meghan-markle-cookbook/"},"headline":"This Is Meghan Markle's First Solo Charity Project as a Royal","datePublished":"2018-09-17T16:27:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:53.865Z","description":"Here's what you need to know","url":"https://time.com/5398252/meghan-markle-cookbook/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72d2bdcbb89d0f69/69893a6797cdffcd056b63fa/meghan-markle-grenfell-cookbook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72d2bdcbb89d0f69/69893a6797cdffcd056b63fa/meghan-markle-grenfell-cookbook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Duke & Duchess Of Sussex Attend The WellChild Awards","caption":"The Duke & Duchess Of Sussex Attend The WellChild Awards","creditText":"Samir Hussein—Samir Hussein/WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5398252/meghan-markle-cookbook/","name":"This Is Meghan Markle's First Solo Charity Project as a Royal"}}]}] ```