After returning to the US, Markle attended a dinner in California where Stewart, the longtime lifestyle entrepreneur, was also a guest. Stewart described their encounter to People, saying: "I had dinner with Meghan Markle the other night. I didn't talk to her really more than to say a couple words, but I know she was talking about it." Stewart was asked what she made of Markle's move into the lifestyle and homemaking space, following the launch of the Duchess's cooking and lifestyle series With Love, Meghan. She replied: "If you're an actress, it's hard to then transition to a princess and then from a princess into a homemaking guru on a television show.