Meghan Markle has given a rare glimpse of her real kitchen – after using a studio to film her Netflix cookery show – in an Instagram reel paying tribute to her beloved beagle Guy.
It comes as the Duchess of Sussex, 43, prepares to release her new Netflix show With Love, Meghan, next week – which was not filmed at home, but instead in a hired studio nearby.
Meghan last night announced the death of her beloved beagle Guy, set to star in With Love, Meghan, in an emotional video on Instagram.
The video included highly personal snippets of Meghan and Prince Harry’s life in the US, featuring their children Archie and Lilibet’s voices and intimate pictures.
Meghan also gave a rare insight into her real kitchen in the $14.5million Montecito mansion she lives in with her family after moving to the US.
As MailOnline revealed, she chose to film the eight-episode series ‘With Love, Meghan’ in a kitchen and home that isn’t her own – despite living around the corner.
But now she’s given an insight into her real kitchen – and the stunning family space it represents.
In the background of clips showing Meghan playing with her beloved late beagle Guy, her stunning kitchen could be seen in the background.
The kitchen was filled intricate details, including luxury cookware and furnishings, as well as many items demonstrating the Duchess’s love of cooking.
Meghan Markle has given a rare insight into her real kitchen – after hiring a studio to film her Netflix series With Love, Meghan
Meghan showed that her real kitchen is a vibrant family space, adding a pop of colour with some blue tiles in the background.
The signature tiles had been seen in the mansion’s listing in 2020 before Harry and Meghan moved in – so had not been added personally by the Sussexes.
However, they’ve clearly shown a fondness for the design by keeping it over the past four years.
The blue-and-white design is fitted around the kitchen’s windows, bringing light into the space.
On the kitchen island are several white ceramic bowls – a design known to be favoured by Meghan.
In an initial promotional video for her lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard released in March last year, very similar bowls could be seen.
In the video, Meghan appeared to be stirring something into a bowl. Nearby, sits a large ceramic bowl.
In one shot of her pets running through her home, the open-plan design could be seen
In one clip, Meghan made a homemade jam using an azure blue pot from Le Creuset
The rustic-looking pale cream bowl appears to feature a textured design, and may be among the items Meghan will be selling.
And in her latest glimpse into her kitchen, the bowls were once again in a prominent position – and gave insights into Meghan’s love for cooking and baking.
Though Meghan used a studio to film her Netflix show, it’s clear that she also gets busy cooking in her own home.
The Duchess appeared to have five individual ovens in two positions in her kitchen, showing that she’s been readily practising for her Netflix cooking show.
Among these was a cooker from luxury appliance brand Viking.
Although the exact model is not known, the Viking gas ovens cost thousands of pounds and are an expensive touch to any kitchen.
The Sussexes have clearly given a lot of thought to the interior design of their home, as they seek to create a permanent family life for themselves in the US.
And Meghan had decorated her home with a stylish houseplant in a slim white vase near her cooker.
This added to the homely feel of the space – and proved the Duchess had paid attention to every little detail in a part of the house where she spends a lot of time.
She previously showed off a very similar design in a promotional video for her lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, last March
Meghan’s kitchen had a rustic feel and was decorated with wooden fittings
Another area of the kitchen the Sussexes hadn’t changed from the initial property listing are the wooden fittings.
Meghan had opted to keep the wooden drawers and cabinets, giving a rustic feel to the kitchen.
The wooden fittings include several cupboards, a kitchen island, drawers and wicker baskets in the central island.
They are embellished with a panelled design, with metallic handles for a stylish touch.
In one shot of her beloved Guy running through the kitchen, Meghan showed off the flowing design of the rest of her home.
As her pets ran past her oven, the kitchen could be seen leading into a longer corridor, connecting the kitchen to the rest of her home.
Previous pictures of the Sussexes’ home have shown the kitchen connected to the dining and living room – although it’s unclear if they’ve kept this layout.
However, it’s clearly still a wide and open design, connected to a large and bright corridor leading to doors to other rooms.
The Duchess also had the pot in white, as she cooked multiple dishes at a time
Meghan’s kitchen showed her love for her family, pets and cooking. Pictured with her dog Guy
Meghan filmed several clips of herself cooking in the company of her beloved dogs.
In one, she appeared to be stirring a homemade jam, which she is famously releasing as part of her American Riviera Orchard lifestyle brand.
In another, several pots were on the go at once on the stove, with one containing what appeared to be a soup.
It appears Meghan has a penchant for luxury kitchenware, as she appeared to be using several dutch ovens from luxury brand Le Creuset, which has become beloved by Gen Z.
She appeared to be using the selections in white and azure blue – in pots that cost around £240 each.
To film her Netflix series, Meghan chose a sprawling estate just two miles from her family home in Montecito.
The mansion where her Netflix show was filmed last year, an idyllic $8million (£5million) estate nestled within a gated community, boasts eight acres of avocado trees and lemon groves and is owned by Montecito’s influential Cipolla family.
In it she gives fans a sneak peek of her cooking, baking, cocktail making, flower arranging and party planning using its kitchen’s £15,000 cooker, £600 pans, £60 chopping boards and hosting friends across the property’s stunning rooms, garden and orchards.
Meghan hired a studio near her home to film her new Netflix cooking series (pictured)
The Duchess of Sussex shared a montage of the ‘sweet’ pooch – who was set to appear on her Netflix show – on social media in a post on Tuesday.
Admitting she has cried ‘too many tears to count,’ the mother-of-two thanked her pet for years of ‘unconditional love’. Photos show Guy huddling up with Meghan in bed, enjoying cuddles with Harry and keeping the Duchess company as she tucks into making jam.
‘In Memory of Guy,’ she penned in the clip – urging followers to ‘adopt not shop’ – which includes a montage of photos and videos with the pooch set to melancholy music.
‘In 2015, I adopted a beagle from a dog rescue in Canada. He had been at a kill shelter in Kentucky and given a few days to live. I swooped him up….and fell in love.
‘They referred to him as “the little guy” because he was so small and frail, so I named him “Guy”. And he was the best guy any girl could have asked for.’
The sweet tribute offers a rare glimpse into the Sussexes’ home life, featuring sweet moments with the family pet.
Meghan Markle has revealed that her dog Guy has passed away in a heartbreaking tribute on Instagram
‘We’re jamming, Guy,’ Meghan can be heard telling the pooch in one video as she is seen boiling raspberries on the stove while the curious Beagle joins her at her side.
In other shots, little Archie can be heard speaking to Guy. In one sweet clip, the five-year-old can be heard saying ‘he might fall’ as the dog joins him and his mother in the backseat, as Harry is behind the wheel.
‘He’s not gonna fall, don’t you worry, Mama has him,’ Meghan replies. ‘Thank you for being such a good boy!’
Harry can also be heard cheering ‘come on Guy!’ in a clip while he strolls down the beach. ‘Good job!’
The closing of the video features a sweet singalong from Meghan and her children – seemingly led by little Archie – which goes: ‘We love you Guy! And we’ll be true, when you’re not near us, we’re blue!’
It is the third upload on her Instagram page after she last week launched her new Netflix series on her brand new Instagram account, called With Love, Meghan.
A sleepy but smiley Guy featured in the trailer for the highly anticipated show, dropping next week.
‘If you followed me on Instagram back in the day, you saw a lot of him – and on The Tig too. He was with me at Suits, when I got engaged, (and then married), when I became a mom….he was with me for everything: the quiet, the chaos, the calm, the comfort,’ she recounted.
The Sussex’s beagle, Guy (pictured), who Meghan adopted while she was living in Toronto in 2015, appears in the trailer for With Love, Meghan
‘He endured a terrible accident shortly before I moved to the UK which had him undergoing surgeries for several months and unable to leave the clinic. Doctors said he would never walk again, but Dr Noel Fitzpatrick said he could do it. H and I would drive late at night, after hours, to see Guy as he recovered in Surrey for months on end.’
Meghan expressed her gratitude to Dr Noel as well as ‘the team at Queen West Animal Hospital in TO, our vets now, and my friends and community’.
‘Thank you for loving him so,’ she said. ‘Because many of you will now see Guy in this new series, I hope you’ll come to understand why I am so devastated by his loss. I think you may fall a little bit in love too.
‘I have cried too many tears to count – the type of tears that make you get in the shower with the absurd hope that the running water on your face will somehow make you not feel them, or pretend they’re not there. But they are. And that’s okay too.
‘Thank you for so many years of unconditional love, my sweet Guy. You filled my life in ways you’ll never know. As ever, Meghan.’
Last week, Meghan gave royal fans a glimpse of her beloved rescue dog in the trailer for her new Netflix series.
Called With Love, Meghan, the long-awaited show, which launches on 15 January, will follow Meghan as she reveals her top tips and tricks in the kitchen and garden.
The montage offered a sweet insight into the Sussexes’ home life with the sweet Beagle, Guy, over the years
In one scene of the trailer for With Love, Meghan, the pooch is seen peacefully on the floor laying in bed
With celebrity guests appearing at the Montecito home, including American actress and comedian Mindy Kaling, it was easy to gloss over Sussex’s furry friend on the floor.
Appearing in the trailer was Guy, a beagle that animal lover Meghan adopted when she was living in Toronto and working as an actress. She brought him to the UK when she married Prince Harry, 40.
In one scene of the trailer, Guy is seen peacefully on the floor in bed while chewing on a bone.
Meanwhile, eagle-eyed fans may have spotted a black Labrador in the short promotional clip for Meghan’s Netflix show – Pula, who was introduced to the family ahead of Archie’s birth in 2019.
The pooch’s unique name is the currency in Botswana, a country the couple visited in the early days of their relationship.
In 2021, Meghan revealed how her pets are a source of comfort for her during times of grief in a foreword for London-based animal welfare charity Mayhew, of which she was a patron.
Introducing Mayhew’s 2021 annual review, Meghan described her last 12 months as a ‘process of grief, growth and also of gratitude’, adding that people had been ‘forced apart’.
She wrote: ‘Over the last year, each of us has felt the profound effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
The 43-year-old Duchess has long expressed her love for dogs and previously told how they are a source of comfort for her during times of grief
‘Be it the loss of a loved one, the health challenges far too many faced, or the disproportionate life changes everyone has experienced, it has been an overwhelming process of grief, growth and also of gratitude.
‘I have heard from so many of you about the impact of having a pet with you at home during the isolation of lockdown; you have mentioned the therapeutic effect of having your animal by your side and the solace and comfort you found in their company.’
She continued: ‘When I reflect on 2020, I always come back to the importance of community and connection.
‘We may have been forced apart, but we found new ways to be close and to support each other through this shared crisis. For many of us, this was made all the easier with our pets by our side…
‘As we collectively build to the future, my sincere hope is that we do so with ongoing support and appreciation for organizations like Mayhew, who continue their vital work in days of crisis and in days of calm.
‘Their commitment to the cause of animal welfare is steadfast and their effect on our community wellbeing is self-evident.’
Meghan, an advocate of adopting rescue dogs, chose animal welfare charity Mayhew as one of her first patronages in January 2019.
However, she was met with heartache in 2022 when she was forced to leave her elderly Labrador-shepherd mix Bogart in Toronto when she moved to the UK to live with Prince Harry in 2017.
The dogs (pictured) had been bred for pharmaceutical and biotech research but inspections of the centre had found dozens of violations of federal law over a two year period
Eagle-eyed royal fans may have been able to spot the Sussex’s black Labrador in the clip (the dog’s tail is seen in the bottom right side of the frame)
In her engagement interview, Meghan revealed to the BBC’s Mishal Husain: ‘One [dog] is now staying with very close friends and my other, little Guy, he’s in the UK, he’s been here for a while.’
The former actress, who lived in Canada while filming Suits, made the heartbreaking decision to leave Bogart after moving to the UK to start her new life, because the pet was too old to fly overseas.
The Prince’s communication secretary Jason Knauf made a statement saying Bogart was living ‘with friends’.
She took Bogart’s ‘best friend’ Guy with her when she moved into Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace with Prince Harry.
Elsewhere, the couple have second beagle called Mia, who was rescued from an animal testing centre by the couple in 2022.
The Sussexes adopted the nine year-old pup two-years ago from a group of dogs rescued from the facility in the US. They named her Mamma Mia, or Mia for short.
The pup was one of 4,000 dogs bred for Envigo breeding and research facility in Virginia. Mia had arrived at the rescue centre having just given birth to eight puppies.
The dogs had been bred for pharmaceutical and biotech research – but inspections of the centre had found dozens of violations of federal law over a two year period.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s pets also appeared in their 2024 Christmas greeting card (pictured)
Mia was one of 4,000 dogs who were at the test facility centre in the US. She was rescued in July, 2021, and taken in by organisations including the Beagle Freedom Project, who looked after 25 of the dogs.
She had been specially chosen by Meghan, who specifically requested she adopt one of the ‘older’ dogs.
At the time Mia was adopted, Meghan had called Shannon Keith, an animal rights attorney who runs the project, ‘personally’ to ask if she and Harry could have one of the ‘older’ rescue pups.
She told the LA Times: ‘The duchess called me personally. She calls on my cell with no Caller ID and says, ‘Hey Shannon, this is Meghan.’
At the time, Shannon had wondered whether she was speaking to Megan Fox, but it was indeed the Duchess of Sussex.
Meghan and Harry are said to have made an after-hours visit and played with Mia, who had been brought there with eight of her newborn puppies.
Shannon recalled: ‘The duchess is holding Mia and was like, ‘We’re adopting her.”
‘She was like, ‘No, we don’t want a Christmas puppy. We want ones we can help who are older.”
In each episode of her cooking show ‘With Love, Meghan’, the Duchess of Sussex invites friends old and new to roll up their sleeves and join her in the kitchen, or garden, as they share candid conversations and top tips
The Duchess of Sussex has officially teased her new Netflix series, With Love, Meghan, on her new Instagram account
When officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture made an inspection of Envigo in 2021, they found a female beagle whose paw had been trapped in loose flooring for so long that she was suffering from dehydration, according to court documents.
Employees at the facility admitted to inspectors they did not know how long she had been stuck.
Another inspection found that nine injured beagles were euthanised instead of being provided with veterinary care.
On a later inspection it was found that many of the 196 beagles who had actually needed to be put down were not anaesthetised before having a deadly injection straight into their heart muscle.
Throughout the inspections which lasted for two years, officials found instances of neglect and mistreatment, from malnourished dogs to sick and injured ones.
Faeces and food waste was allowed to pile up in cages where the dogs were kept, according to court documents.
On May 18 2022, the USDA inspector general and other law enforcement agencies executed a federal search warrant of the facility and seized 145 dogs and puppies which vets deemed to be in ‘acute distress.’
The following day, authorities filed a complaint in a federal court in the Western District of Virginia.
The complaint stated that more than 300 puppies had died in the facility between January and July 2021.
The company website claimed that they breed ‘healthy, well-socialized animals’ and that it holds a license issued by the USDA to breed and sell the dogs.
Parent company Inotiv, which bought Envigo in November 2021, agreed to the plan to rescue the dogs and said it would shutter the Virginia facility as part of a restructuring effort.
In late July, a federal judge approved a plan to rescue the beagles.
They were transferred to the Humane Society of the United States, before being moved to shelters or groups such as the Beagle Freedom Project.
The organisation took in 25 of the beagles, one of those being Mia who was taken on by the Sussexes.
