The Duchess and the Door
In The Limelight by Vanity Fair
Conde Nast & Vanity Fair
3.9 • 537 Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2018
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Josh and Julie dissect Meghan Markle’s latest milestones—her cookbook launch and first solo event as a duchess included. They also discuss Justin Bieber’s busking episode outside the palace.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to In the Limelight, Vanity Fair's Entertainment and Pop Culture Podcast. |
| 0:11.3 | I'm Josh Duboff, Vanity Fair Senior Writer, and I'm here with Julie Miller, Vanity Fair's Senior Hollywood Writer. |
| 0:17.0 | On In The Limelight, we analyze the ins and outs of pop culture, entertainment, and celebrity from the past week. |
| 0:23.0 | And the Kardashians to Kate Middleton and everything in between. |
| 0:26.9 | So many Megan Markle updates this week to discuss. It feels like just when we thought we had like a plenty of Megan stuff to talk about, |
| 0:34.4 | Julie and I had to furiously text to add more. She launched her cookbook, |
| 0:39.2 | which we have talked about before, but we will discuss that. And then there was also an important |
| 0:45.3 | milestone in her career as a royal. Her career as a royal. This is a special episode where a few of our favorite plot lines actually intersect. |
| 0:58.7 | Last week, Justin Bieber was photographed and videotaped busking outside of the palace. |
| 1:06.1 | So we have a lot of questions to get to the bottom with that episode. |
| 1:10.2 | And as a reminder, we now have a hotline |
| 1:12.8 | that you can call into. If you have come across Megan Markle, any other busking superstars, |
| 1:20.1 | call in that number is 347-7-960-966. So, Julia, what was the story with this cookbook launch? So as many of you've |
| 1:32.6 | reached out to us and shared kind of your own thoughts, but Megan kicked off, officially celebrated |
| 1:38.4 | the launch of this charitable cookbook with a party that was so, so very Megan, so fabulously Megan. And just a little |
| 1:48.4 | update on the cookbook first. Together, our community cookbook has sold nearly 11,000 copies in |
| 1:55.2 | the UK alone and is an instant bestseller on Amazon. It's a book of recipes gathered by women whose families lived in the Grenfell Tower, |
| 2:04.6 | the West London high rise afflicted by a disastrous fire. |
| 2:08.6 | Megan launched the cookbook last week with an intimate party at Kensington Palace. |
| 2:13.6 | Doria was in attendance, as was Prince Harry. He had a few very adorable moments we're going to get to. |
| 2:21.9 | But first, a few details about the event itself. It had a very Southern California vibe. Guests sat at long, |
| 2:30.8 | uncovered wood tables underneath a white tent with blue detailing. |
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