Meghan Markle hosts the first event of the palace with her mother and Prince Harry at his side

Meghan Markle hit his stride.

Just a few days ago, Kensington Palace unveiled the Duchess of Sussex's first solo charity project: Supporting Hubb Community Kitchen in West London. As the Royal explained in a promotional video released Monday in January, she met with the group of women involved in community cooking, reunited to prepare fresh food for their families and neighbors following the tragic fire from the Grenfell tower.

"For two days each week, these women were able to cook and share their delicious recipes together and I immediately felt connected to this community kitchen, and like these women, I am passionate about cooking and cooking to strengthen communities." explained in a promotional video. "So, I'm proud to support this cookbook, Together, which features delicious recipes from the Hubb community kitchen. The recipes will help the kitchen stay open and thrive in order to continue transforming lives and communities through cooking. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. The proceeds from the sale of the cookbook will keep the kitchen open seven days a week.

In honor of the launch of the cookbook, which features over 50 personal recipes from across the Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Markle hosted a reception outdoor Thursday at Kensington Palace. her husband, Prince Harryand his mother, Doria Ragland.

The arrival of Ragland was particularly notable, given that the public did not see her and Meghan since her daughter's wedding in May and that this marks Ragland's first public engagement since the wedding.

With her black turtleneck and her skirt set under a vibrating blue wool coat from Smythe, the duchess looked as polite as usual by finding the community of women she had met there. a few months. After helping out with cooking and preparation, Markle and her guests – including members of the local community, the Al Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Center and representatives of the book's publishers, Ebury Press – dined together and tasted homemade dishes. in the cookbook, including chicken curry with coconut, eggplant masala and caramelized plum spilled cake.

The former actress also made remarks of 3 minutes without the help of any notes.

"Working on this project over the last nine months has been a huge job of love, I had just moved to London and felt so immediately welcomed by the women in the kitchen, your warmth, your kindness and in the city and seeing in this small room how multicultural it was: on a personal level, I am so proud to live in a city that can have so much diversity: 12 countries are represented in this group of women – it's pretty remarkable, "she said warmly to the crowd.

"I said in the foreword that it's more than a cookbook and what I mean by that is that the power of food is much more than the mere meal it You get to know the person behind us and that's what we talk about in terms of gathering to really engage and talk and be able to celebrate what connects us rather than what divides us. TogetherSo, for the women of Hubb Community Kitchen, thank you so much for letting me be part of this adventure with you. I have the privilege of knowing you, "continued Markle.

"This has a huge impact – we can see in just a few days, and the book is not ready yet, what you could do.That shows what it means to people and I'm so proud of you, "concluded the royal as his personality progressed. "On this note, I know that some of you have started to eat, as you should, I would be the last one to want the food to be cold, so please, enjoy your meal. 39, a nice meal. "

Needless to say, the event seemed to run smoothly and Markle demonstrated how perfect she was for her new role as king.