Meghan talks about ‘getting her hands dirty' and admits ‘I don't have time to cook every day' in new podcast episode
MEGHAN Markle spoke about getting her "hands dirty" and admitted she doesn't "have time to cook everyday".
The Duchess of Sussex sat down with Heather Hasson, the founder of FIGS, in the latest episode of her podcast.
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Meghan Markle spoke about getting her "hands dirty" and admitted she doesn't "have time to cook everyday"
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Heather started off selling scrubs outside hospitals for cash at 7am and 7pm but has since grown into a billion-dollar medical apparel brand.
The businesswoman has crafted an eye-watering £18million in revenue on scrubs.
In the Confessions of a Female Founder episode, Meghan said: "It can get messy and the best founders are not afraid to get their hands dirty.
"And I don't mean play dirty. I mean, when it's 'clean up on aisle five' time, you are the first person there with a mop."
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While talking about her own brand, As Ever, and how she tries to live her daily life, the mum-of-two added: "The whole point for me, and you'll probably speak to this too, is when you see something that is an easy solve in the everyday, that's not complicated, that's not fussy, how do you get your hands involved?'
"I see vegetables and I see takeout — because I don't have time to cook every day — and I go, 'Alright, but how do I still make this flattering and beautiful and present well and something that people find appetising?'"
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