Meghan Markle Quotes Audrey Hepburn in Latest Update from Her Lifestyle Brand As Ever

Mar. 15, 2025

(Left) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex at The Paley Gala honoring Tyler Perry in Los Angeles on Dec. 4, 2024; (Right) Audrey Hepburn in 1963.Photo:Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty; Archive Photos/Getty

Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty; Archive Photos/Getty

Meghan Markleis gardening her way into the weekend with a little inspiration fromAudrey Hepburn.

On March 14, the Duchess of Sussex, 43, quoted Hepburn in the caption of a new photo of herself tending to lemon trees on theInstagramaccount of her lifestyle brandAs ever.

" ‘To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.’ - Audrey Hepburn," Meghan wrote below the photo. The shot snapped her in profile, where she wore a long blue dress with a straw hat and her hair pulled back as she inspected the lemons.

Lemons were memorably included in the baskets of jam Meghansent to friendsin 2024 as preserves were unveiled as the first product from her lifestyle company American Riviera Orchard, which has since been rebranded as As ever. The As ever collection has since been unveiled, with herbal teas, shortbread cookies, raspberry jam and much more set to be available for sale in the U.S. this spring.

(Left) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex on her royal wedding day, May 19, 2018; (Right) Audrey Hepburn holds a Givenchy coat in 1956.Ben STANSALL - WPA Pool/Getty; Bettmann/Getty

Ben STANSALL - WPA Pool/Getty; Bettmann/Getty

Hubert de Givenchy, the house’s founder, was a close friend of Hepburn and considered her to be his muse. TheBreakfast at Tiffany’sstar even wore a Givenchy mini dress when she married Andrea Dotti in 1969, and Meghan’s minimalist, feminine wardrobe as a working royal drew many comparisons to Hepburn’s timeless style, onscreen and off.

While living in London, the Duchess of Sussex also received the “Audrey Brow” treatment from theNails and Browsalon in Mayfair.

“She has ‘The Audrey Brow’ treatment,” Meghan’s personal brow stylist Sherrille Riley told PEOPLE at the time. “It’s particularly flattering on Meghan because it’s a really natural style and it really compliments her features — she’s a beautiful woman.”

In another link, it’s a little-known fact that the Academy Award-winning actress hosted a gardening show not unlike Meghan’s new seriesWith Love, Meghan, which premiered on Netflix on March 4.

The television documentaryGardens of the World with Audrey Hepburnwas released in 1993, and it proved to be her final creative project, as she died that January from appendiceal cancer at age 63. The show saw Hepburn take audiences “on a tour of the world’s greatest gardens,” and won a Primetime Emmy, according toIMDb.

The Duchess of Sussex gardens, harvests, cooks, crafts and creates in her new seriesWith Love, Meghan, which has held a spot inNetflix’s U.S. Top 10since it premiered on March 4.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex photographed in Montecito, California, in March 2024.

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Speaking to PEOPLE in this week’sexclusive cover story, Meghan says it’s been a joy to share her personal passions with her biggest audience yet through the series, which PEOPLEexclusively revealedwill return for a second season this fall.

“When your children get to a certain age — when you’re not just playing in the sandbox with them but almost playing in your own sandbox again — it’s super joyful,” Meghan says. “As a woman, a mom and a wife, to be able to find yourself again — in a way that was always present but that you maybe couldn’t put as much attention on as you now can when your kids are a little bit older — is a wonderful feeling.”

source: people.com