Meghan's recipe book tops Amazon's bestseller list even before release
It recently emerged that Meghan has been secretly going to a community mosque to cook with victims affected by the Grenfell Tower tragedy
It turns out that the charity recipe book the Duchess of Sussex has thrown her support behind has rocketed to the top of Amazon's bestseller list on pre-orders alone.
It recently emerged that Meghan has been secretly going to a community mosque to cook with victims affected by the Grenfell Tower tragedy, and has put her name to a book of recipes created in the Hubb Community Kitchen, an initiative based close to the tower in West London.
Meghan wrote the foreword to Together: Our Community Cookbook, which has already knocked JK Rowling off the number one spot on Amazon's bestseller list, even though the £9.99 book isn't available to buy until tomorrow.
Speaking about it, the Duchess, who donned an apron to muck in with fellow volunteers on her visits, said she 'immediately felt connected' to the kitchen, which she described as a 'place for women to laugh, cry, grieve and cook together'.
In a clear sign of the enormous influence the Duchess already wields, the recipe book bumped Lethal White, written by Robert Galbraith - Harry Potter author Rowling's male pseudonym - Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt, and Jamie Oliver's Italy down the charts to take the top spot on Amazon.
Demand ahead of its release means the charity book is already outselling efforts from heavyweight chefs and foodies on the site - including recipe books from Jamie Oliver, the Body Coach Joe Wicks and Deliciously Ella.
Kensington Palace released photographs of the Duchess - who also appears on the front cover of the book - chatting, laughing and cooking with fellow volunteers in the kitchen at the Al Manaar Cultural Centre, as well as stopping to play with younger visitors.
The Hubb Community Kitchen - hubb means love in Arabic - has arisen out of the devastating Grenfell tragedy in 2017.
The palace said the group of women behind the project had decided to gather and prepare fresh food for their families and neighbours, as a way of helping the community to connect, heal and look forward - and to 'convene through food'.
In the new book supported by Meghan, some of the recipes are family favourites and all have been created by the cooks who support not only residents affected by the Grenfell fire but others in the community.
Meghan helped put the group in touch with a publisher and her Royal Foundation provided assistance with legal and administrative issues.
Prince Harry will support Meghan when she celebrates the official launch of the recipe book - her first solo project as a Duchess - at a reception at the palace on Thursday.