LONDON: In her first solo charity project, Meghan, the newly-wed wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, launches a cookbook this week in support of families affected by the Grenfell Tower fire disaster in London.

The Duchess of Sussex has written the foreword to the recipe collection entitled Together: Our Community Cookbook, produced by women who suffered from the fatal blaze.

“I immediately felt connected to this community kitchen; it is a place for women to laugh, grieve, cry and cook together,” Meghan, who first visited the kitchen in January and has made other private visits since, wrote in the foreword.

The June 2017 fire in a 24-storey residential block killed 71 people and left many more living in temporary accommodation.

Women from the affected community made use of a kitchen in a local Muslim cultural centre to prepare food for their families.

The duchess has made several visits to the kitchen and helped bring the book to fruition, as well as narrating a video about the initiative.

The book showcases more than 50 recipes from across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean.

Joined by her husband Harry, she is hosting an event at Kensington Palace on Thursday to mark the launch of Together.

Published in Dawn, September 18th, 2018