Meghan Markle spoke at her close friend Oprah Winfrey’s book club session last night in California where her husband’s controversial memoir Spare was proudly on display.
The Duchess, 43, was one of several ‘light-filled’ speakers who addressed the crowd at Goodmothers bookstore and gathering space in Summerland, located just miles from where she lives in Montecito.
The star-studded event was attended by actor Marco Leone, astrology and psychology expert Dr Jennifer Freed, and author, teacher and psychic medium Laura Lynne Jackson, all of whom highlighted Meghan on their Instagram stories.
Godmothers, co-owned by literary agent Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, just celebrated its grand opening weekend by hosting a slew of events and ‘conversations’ with celebrities and authors.
The bookstore appears to be promoting several popular celebrity books including Prince Harry’s memoir, which can be found front-and-centre in the shop, on its ‘hometown heroes’ shelf.
Meghan Markle spoke at her close friend Oprah Winfrey’s book club session last night at Goodmothers bookstore and gathering space in Summerland, California
Meghan is met with an embrace as she takes the stage at the event
Meghan watches on as her close friend Oprah Winfrey seemingly promotes a book during her book club session at Godmothers yesterday
Prince Harry’s controversial memoir Spare was proudly on display during last night’s event
Meghan appeared at the event last night, on the eve of the second anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death.
While it is unclear what the Duchess said in her address, the crowd appeared to be eating it up with Jackson branding Meghan as one of the evening’s ‘light-filled speakers’.
Godmothers, which is concluding its grand opening weekend with events today, is seemingly proud of Meghan and Harry, whom the owner has hailed as a ‘hometown hero’.
Walsh, in a video promoting the store, has put Harry’s memoir on display with a collection of books penned by local writers.
‘This is our local authors shelf when you first walk in,’ she said of the display. ‘I want it to be when you first walk in so that authors who are local to the area know that this is their hometown bookstore.
‘And we celebrate our hometown authors as if they were our hometown heroes, because to us they are.’
It is not surprising that Meghan, who lives in the same city as Winfrey, was invited to the talk show host’s book club session yesterday.
Winfrey is a close friend of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and in March 2021 conducted an 85-minute tell-all interview with the couple that was watched by some 50-million people worldwide.