Meghan Markle revealed a money-saving tip she discovered while preparing for a pool party with the wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
In the latest episode of her podcast Archetypes, Meghan chats to "dear friend" and Canada's "first lady" Sophie Gregoire Trudeau about living up to being good wives and good mothers.
Meghan describes the episode as digging into the roles women play on the home front and looking at how to “break out of the limiting version of these moulds society has carved out for us”.
In the opening part of the podcast, she details her close friendship with Sophie and how they spent time together with their children at Meghan and Prince Harry's Montecito mansion.
And she let slip a money-saving tip while buying inflatable toys for the kids to play with in the pool.
Talking about the party, Meghan revealed: "This past summer, a friend of mine was in town with her kids, for a few days.
"Now, this to me was very exciting, because I hadn't seen her for a while, and the idea of getting our kids together, this was a real treat.
"We swam, we drank wine, we splashed in the water, then threw some pool floats in.
"By the way, the inflatable pizza slice proved to be a big hit, which I found online and I kid you not, the one without pepperoni was a few dollars less than the one with pepperoni.
"And yes, I'm still talking about the inflatable pizza float for the pool. We all got a good laugh out of that."
Meghan adds: "But all that aside, this wasn't our day of being the wives and moms, all perfectly quaffed with updos and pearls and demure smiles.
"This was the other version of us both with wild curly hair and swimsuits and loose linen and huge belly laughs.
"Big cuddles with our little ones, quiet, whispers of girl talk on the terrace giddy like absolute schoolgirls. We were just having so much fun."
Meghan and Sophie met seven years ago at a fashion awards in Toronto and in the podcast, it is also revealed that Mrs Trudeau sent uplifting voice notes to the duchess when she was pregnant.
Meanwhile, also in the podcast, Meghan revealed she found studying for the British citizenship exam "so hard" and claimed even Harry had "no idea" of some of the answers.
And she also detailed her morning routine with her children Archie and Lilibet, describing it as a "whirlwind".
Meghan and Harry signed a lucrative deal with the audio streaming giant Spotify to host and produce podcasts, estimated to be worth around £18 million, in late 2020.
Archetypes was launched with the aim of investigating "labels that try to hold women back" through conversations between Meghan and historians, experts and women who have experienced being typecast.
