Speaking about the origins of her lifestyle brand As Ever, Meghan shared that many people assumed she’d pursue fashion or beauty. “But those five years at home, I wasn’t running around wearing beautiful outfits,” she said. “I was probably in Birkenstocks and sweats like the rest of us, especially during Covid — or just barefoot at home — but I was making a lot of jam. So it ended up becoming the thing that really was my passion project.”

Her appearance at the summit came during a busy few weeks for the Duchess. Earlier this month, she travelled solo to Paris to attend the Balenciaga show on October 4, before joining Prince Harry in New York for a series of appearances.

Despite the packed schedule, Meghan revealed she made a 6,000-mile dash back home to California between Paris and New York — just to see her children, Prince Archie, six, and Princess Lilibet, four.

Ms. Shontell noted: “You’ve been to Europe, you were just in New York — congratulations, by the way, on your humanitarian award for your work with online safety — and you made it home for one day to see your kids.”

Meghan laughed, replying: “Because I had to! Everyone said, ‘Oh, you must have gone from Paris straight to New York,’ and I said, ‘No — I needed to see my babies.’ So I went back to California for a day and then continued on.”