Meghan says daughter Lilibet makes her feel brave and her superpower is ‘being a mum’ as she promotes her new ‘powerful and meaningful’ film about Girl Scouts selling cookies
The Duchess of Sussex said her daughter, Lilibet, makes her ‘feel brave’ in a promotional video for a new film about Girl Scouts selling cookies.
Meghan Markle opened up about how she viewed being a mother as a ‘superpower’ while answering questions from children ahead of the release of her production company’s latest documentary, Cookie Queens.
The documentary, which had its premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, follows ‘four tenacious girls (who) strive to be a top-selling ‘Cookie Queen’, navigating an 800 million dollar business in which childhood and ambition collide’.
In the Q&A video with InStyle magazine on Saturday, Meghan, 45, was asked what her superpower was and replied: ‘Being a mum.’
She said: ‘I feel like we have superpowers because we juggle it all and enjoy it all with grace and grit at the same time.’
Asked by another child about what makes her feel brave, Meghan said: ‘Every day, when I feel a little bit like, ‘Oh gosh, can I do this?’ I go: “Lili would do it.”‘
Meghan and Harry took their children, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, on holiday to Europe this summer, staying with Harry’s uncle, Earl Spencer, at Althorp, and also in Portugal and the Highlands.
Harry and Meghan’s media production company Archewell Productions partnered with Beautiful Stories and AJNA Films on the documentary, a coming-of-age story about Girl Scouts selling their cookies.
Meghan Markle said her daughter Lilibet (pictured) made her feel brave
Meghan and Harry took their children, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, to Europe on holiday this summer
In another question from a child asking Meghan which cookie she would be, she replied: ‘Trefoil I think, it’s classic!
‘It’s classic, it’s sweet, it’s all the same colour and I like tonal dressing! It’s the worst answer ever haha.’
Meghan also said young girls should learn to ‘follow their gut’ and said her role model when younger was her maths teacher, Miss Linda.
When asked how the girl scouts inspired her, she replied: ‘These girls are so multi-dimensional and honest.
‘Also just behind the scenes and getting to know them through this process, how they’ve all become close with each other and support each other. I think we’re our own little troop!’
In January, Meghan, 45, delivered a speech at Sundance in support of the project, directed by Alysa Nahmias, which she called a ‘powerful and meaningful depiction of something that is an American tradition’.
She said in the speech: ‘This film is probably the cutest at the festival but I’m also going to go out on a limb and say it is one of the most powerful and meaningful depictions of something that is an American tradition and rooted in nostalgia.
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‘It is now put through this lens from the incredible creative vision of Alysa to show something modernised about the girlhood experience and all the layers of complexity that come with that.
‘So yes, it’s cute, and yes, these young ladies are fantastic and adorable, but they are also layered beautiful girls who are about to become very strong leaders and young women. So thank you for supporting that.’
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex founded their media production company in 2020, which has an ongoing partnership with Netflix.
Archewell Productions produced the couple’s documentary series Harry & Meghan in 2022, followed by Meghan’s lifestyle series With Love, Meghan in 2025.
The company’s other credits include Live To Lead, featuring interviews with world leaders and influencers, and the documentaries Heart Of Invictus and Polo.
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