--- title: Here's What Meghan Markle Did With Her Baby Shower Flowers description: The Duchess of Sussex made a nice gesture with the baby shower flowers left over from her event in New York City. canonical: https://time.com/5535569/meghan-markle-baby-shower/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-22T17:10:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:10.302Z og:title: Here's What Meghan Markle Did With Her Baby Shower Flowers og:description: Meghan Markle's baby shower flowers were recycled for a good cause og:url: https://time.com/5535569/meghan-markle-baby-shower/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's What Meghan Markle Did With Her Baby Shower Flowers twitter:description: Meghan Markle's baby shower flowers were recycled for a good cause twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's What Meghan Markle Did With Her Baby Shower Flowers > Sponsored content. 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Meghan Markle and Her Baby Bump Surprise the British Fashion Awards_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 22, 2019 5:10 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 22, 2019 5:10 PM UTC At [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5525186/meghan-markle-harry-best-dad/)‘s star-studded [baby shower](http://time.com/4890101/serena-williams-baby-shower/) in New York City this week, one of the expected parts of the affair was of course flowers. But the [Duchess of Sussex](http://time.com/5062929/meghan-markle-fashion-photos/) took the experience one step further: many of the flowers used to decorate the event to celebrate [her royal baby](http://time.com/5445288/meghan-markle-baby-news/) were then donated to charities, as attendee Gayle King [confirmed on CBS.](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meghan-markles-baby-shower-gayle-king-shares-details-repeat-roses/?fbclid=IwAR1acZpUICWLHJTF6T4ORPuw2u4ibR-HSy7mto12BN4mc%5FAd28jUo2lSQ8o) “I thought that was a very sweet thing,” King said of Markle’s request to donate the flowers. “I mean it just speaks to who she is. She’s very kind. She’s very generous, and a really, really sweet person,” she added. King was just one of many celebrities to attend the party at Manhattan’s Mark Hotel, including [Amal Clooney](http://time.com/5409525/amal-clooney-aung-san-suu-kyi-myanmar-journalists/) and [Serena Williams](http://time.com/5404581/serena-williams-on-meghan-markle/) — both of whom also were at her [May nuptials](http://time.com/5260934/royal-wedding-diana-tribute/) to Prince Harry in England last year. As for the flowers? [PEOPLE reports](https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-donates-baby-shower-flowers-charity/) that Markle looked to a company called [Repeat Roses](http://www.repeatroses.com/), which helped distribute the florals to locations including Ronald McDonald House Charities of New York, Hope Lodge and Unique People Services, each of which serve patients in need of care. This isn’t the first time Markle has opted to recycle her decorations for a good cause, either; after the wedding, those arrangements were also [gifted to local hospices](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/meghan-markle-prince-harry-royal-wedding-flowers-donate-hospices-womens-refugees-philippa-craddock-a8361511.html) in the U.K. The Duchess of Sussex is now back in the U.K. for a brief stop, heading to [Morocco](http://time.com/5525186/meghan-markle-harry-best-dad/) with Prince Harry on an official visit before settling down for the final stretch of her pregnancy back in England. She’s due to give birth to her first baby this spring. ## Transcript [00:00] Aah! [00:03] [ MUSIC ] [00:07] Good evening everyone. It is such a pleasure to be [00:11] here in my new hone of the UK. The winner [00:17] this evening is Clair Witkeller. 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