Back in 2018, when the Duchess still lived in the UK, she visited and cooked at the Hubb several times. Created after the Grenfell fire in 2017 that killed 72 people, the Hubb is a community kitchen run by volunteers who cook free meals for the bereaved and homeless local people of the Grenfell community.

       On Wednesday, the Duchess called a group of Hubb volunteers gathered for a celebratory lunch at the Al-Manaar centre in north Kensington, not far from the tower, as reported by the Evening Standard.

       One of the Hubb volunteers, Chérine Mallah, said: “It was lovely to have our work celebrated by Meghan.

       “We were really happy to hear from the Duchess.

       “It was just incredible.

       “It really encourages us to continue in what we have been doing and makes us feel quite proud of the work we have done and the projects we have been running.

       “It is quite impressive really to have the support from Meghan.

       “For us, it is just our normal lives.

       “It is massive for us.

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       “The next days of our lives are just the same but we know that someone as famous as Meghan is backing us. It is really lovely.”

       Another volunteer Oxana Sinitsyna added: “To hear what Meghan says about Hubb Kitchen, it makes us feel like we are doing the right thing.”

       In her call, the Duchess of Sussex reportedly told the volunteers: “We founded Hubb together and I think what I’m most proud of is what you’ve all been able to do, not just what we created to meet an immediate need right after the fire.

       “If you go back to where it all began you just didn’t have a place to cook and people forget that’s what it came down to, needing the resources to do what you do so well — as we all know because we can taste it.

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       “But also to do it together and how the cookbook ended up having the impact we wanted because it raised enough to get you all the help in the kitchen you needed.”

       The Duchess, who has made a series of visits to the community kitchen, added: “But beyond that, what you turned it into as a group and individually is incredible, you’ve just continued to take care of everyone in the community.

       “If you think how many thousands of people have been affected by your recipes and by your love and what you’ve done to take care of frontline workers and families during Covid and children and after school groups and women in hospital and new mums...”