Princess Lilibet and Prince Archie "love their auntie", Meghan Markle has confirmed in her latest podcast episode.
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, welcomed hair colourist and friend, Kadi Lee, onto the latest episode of her podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder, where the duo discussed their close friendship living on the West Coast of the US.
Lee and her colleague, Myka Harris, launched Highbrow Hippie in 2012 as a blog, which developed into a brick-and-mortar hair salon in 2018.
Its description on the website says: "Highbrow Hippie was created to fill a void. Our goal is to expand the definition of a salon and return to its historical meaning - a gathering place to exchange thoughts and ideas.
Princess Lilibet and Prince Archie 'love their auntie', Meghan Markle confirms
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"Creating a sense of community, self care and a way to drop out for a few hours and focus on yourself."
Meghan began attending the Highbrow Hippie salon after her move back to California in 2020, and has become close friends with both Lee and Harris.
The Duchess also revealed that Lee has become an "auntie" figure to her children, Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three.
When asked what she wants to do in her "next chapter", Lee told Meghan on her podcast: "Oh gosh, I want to go kind of back to my English major roots.
Meghan Markle and Kadi Lee pictured together last yearGetty"I want to get some writing done, I’d like to live in another country - perhaps my native land of Jamaica, maybe I’ll try a stint in Europe.
"I’m just really a naturally curious person and I was not blessed with kids, i’m still holding out hope i might be a step-mom one day, but for right now i’m just super aunt!"
Meghan chimed in, adding: "Our kids love auntie Kadi, their favourite time - they run out when they see your car and scream ‘Kadi!’"
Lee laughed and said: "I know, I feel like I look for them first!"
Meghan Markle and Kadi Lee pictured together on social mediaInstagramElsewhere in the podcast episode, Meghan discussed experiences with hair-care during her time at university.
She said: "It kind of reminds me of when I was at Northwestern and I moved into Kappa, our sorority there.
“I don't even think they made plug-in flat irons at the time, they couldn't.
“If they did, I didn't know where they were, because I had the little stove with the flat iron that would go in, and have a paper towel on the side.
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“You would pull it out, it would have the little scorch marks and I remember most of the girls in the sorority, who were not black, would say, 'What is that smell? is hair burning?'
“It was just what you would do to figure out how to grapple with this texture of hair."
