Meghan Markle surprised a group of her longtime fans at a special screening for her new Netflix series, “With Love, Meghan,” which hit the streamer Tuesday.
On the eve of its release, the Duchess of Sussex, 43, touched down in New York City to crash an event held for those who have followed Markle’s lifestyle blog, The Tig, in years past.
The former working royal kickstarted the now-defunct website in 2014, and shared various recipes, experiences, and tips with fans until finally shutting it down in 2017 after meeting her now-husband, Prince Harry.
On Monday night, the mom of two filmed herself en route to surprise her fans at Ludlow House, a Soho House club on the Lower East Side.
“A surprise in the Big Apple tonight,” Markle wrote on her Instagram Story alongside a clip of herself walking into a screening room full of unsuspecting fans.
“They don’t know I’m coming,” she said in another video moments before the reveal.
“What’d you guys think?” she can be heard asking the group, who were had watched the first few episodes of “With Love, Meghan.”
Markle’s fans proved to be die-hard ones, as a few of them even showed off their “As Ever” tattoos in honor of the “Suits” alum’s new lifestyle brand.
Elsewhere on social media, Markle showed off a bottle of Tignanello wine — which inspired The Tig’s name.
Markle then showed off a bouquet of flowers and a handwritten card from Harry and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
“Congratulations mumma! We love your show, and we love you!” the note read, and was signed by “Lili, Archie [and] Papa.”
It comes as the former actress revealed in her new Netflix show that she no longer uses her maiden surname “Markle,” instead opting for “Sussex” so as to share the same last name as her children.
She made the revelation in the second episode of the show during a conversation with Mindy Kaling, who referred to her by her maiden name.
“It’s so funny, too, that you keep saying ‘Meghan Markle,’” she tells Kaling. “You know I’m Sussex now.”
After marrying Prince Harry in May 2018, she and Harry officially became “the Duke and Duchess of Sussex,” a title given to them by the late Queen Elizabeth II as a wedding present.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
