Duchess Meghan is about to add another credit – children s book author – to her expanding portfolio.
The Duchess of Sussex has written and will publish in June her debut children s book, The Bench, about the special bond between father and son, as seen through a mother’s eyes.
Inspired by her own husband and son, Prince Harry and Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, who turns 2 on Thursday, Meghan s debut story is described by publisher Random House Children s Books as a touching capture of the evolving and expanding relationship between fathers and sons that reminds us of the many ways that love can take shape and be expressed in a modern family.
Meghan Markle s First Children s Book Describes Tears of Great Joy
On 5/4/21 at 11:47 AM EDT
The Duchess of Sussex gave a first glimpse inside
The Bench, with the release by the publisher of the front cover and two inside pages.
They show a picture of a flame-haired soldier in army uniform throwing a young boy into the air while a woman cries from the window of their home.
Meghan s text reads: And here from our window I ll have tears of great joy. Looking out at My Love and our beautiful boy.
The book began life as a poem she wrote for Father s Day and the announcement comes just two days before Archie s second birthday on Thursday.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, writes children s book based on Harry and Archie s bond
The story came from a poem the Duchess wrote on Father s Day
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The Duchess of Sussex has written a children s book inspired by the special bond between father and son.
She based her debut story on a poem she penned for Prince Harry on Father s Day, naming it The Bench.
Surprise!
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has authored a children’s book, “The Bench,” and it will be released next month! Stay tuned for a pre-order link when it becomes available.
The book is about a “special bond between father and son as seen through a mother’s eyes. Inspired by her own
son, The Duchess of Sussex’s debut touchingly captures the evolving and expanding relationship between fathers and sons and reminds us of the many ways that love can take shape and be expressed in a modern family.”
“The Bench started as a poem I wrote for my husband on Father’s Day, the month after Archie was born,” she said in a statement. “[Illustrator