Meghan Markle.Photo: brightly storytime/ youtube
Meghan Markleis sharing a deep-dive of her children’s book with the world.
Meghan also shares that illustrator Christian Robinson worked with watercolors at her request to create the book’s images, which are seen on the video as Meghan reads the story.
After completing the book, Meghan says, “Now I hope you’re able to go and find your own special bench, or chair or a little quiet nook — just a place that means something to you that you can share with someone you love.”
Meghan has recently been sharing her book with children around the country. In addition toreading it aloud for a group of Harlem school childrenduring the visit to New York City last month, the Assistance League of L.A. shared in a tweet on Tuesday that each student was gifted with a copy ofThe Bench. They added that the children were “overjoyed” and shared photos of the excited students holding their books.
Meghan andPrince Harry, 37, havevolunteered at the preschool before, including in September 2020 when they helped plant flowers and vegetables, including petunias, California wildflowers, tomatoes, squash, sweet peas and more, in the garden.
Meghan dedicated the book to Prince Harry and Archie: “For the man and the boy who make my heart go pump-pump,” the dedication in the book reads, written in Meghan’s recognizable calligraphy-inspired penmanship.
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She may not have looked far for inspiration when it comes to her first children’s book. In recorded messages for events likeGlobal Citizen’sVAX Live: The Concert to Reunite the World,TIMEmagazine’s annual list of the world’s most influential people andCNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute, Meghan has appeared on a bench in the yard of the family’s California home, leading fans to speculate that that very benchprovided the inspirationfor her story.
source: people.com
