Bookshops around the world are currently oversaturated with celebrity and influencer cookbooks, yet Meghan Markle has decided to jump on the trend and release her own this year – if she does so, she’ll be making a huge mistake. Her public identity in 2025 saw her reinventing her persona as a host and ‘trad wife’, but it would be wise for her to think twice before adding a cookbook to her growing portfolio of brand experiments.
The success of a new cookbook, depend on trust and growing popularity. New authors I admire, such as nutritionist, Emily English, bring culinary expertise as they have a long-standing and visible relationship with food. With the Duchess of Sussex, cooking has never been a central or credible pillar of her public life.
Here are four main reasons why it could be disastrous for Meghan Markle to release a cookbook this year…