There are some things in life that just make sense, Meghan Markle being an avocado on toast person is one of them.
It's another in a series of things that make us think perhaps Meghan is more like us than we think (we're convinced the brief re-appearance of her Instagram account was due to her indulging in a bit of Insta-stalking. What other evidence do you need?) her friend and former make-up artist Daniel Martin gave us a tease of what Meghan's home life looks like by instagramming the avocado on toast that Duchess made him when he visited her in London this weekend.
The Instagram features a flat-lay of avocado toast, truffles and tea and some teal crockery and in the post Daniel mentioned Meghan's former lifestyle blog The Tig which was closed in 2017 "Back to our Tig days...❤️Thank you Meghan for being the consummate hostess this weekend and still being the #avocadotoast whisperer, YUM! 🤷🏻♂️ 🥑🍞☕️ #foodie #foodiegram"
As they say: a picture says a thousand words. And because it's a Monday and we have nothing better to do than read heavily into Meghan's choice of snacks and beverages, Come Dine With Me Style, this calls for an balanced investigation...
The Truffles (8/10)
What is the short-cut to hosting the most British afternoon tea? Answer: throw in anything, literally anything, from Fortnum and Masons. These are the Sandringham Coffee Truffles (£13.95, John Lewis). Ok - they're dusted with gold which sort of off-balances the rustic, just-whipped-this-up aesthetic but as far as British goes they might as well be singing the national anthem.
Though there's no escaping the fact that avocado and truffles are a bit of an....erm...interesting pairing. Are we getting an insight into Meghan's pregnancy cravings here? (we promised a heavy reading-into and we plan to deliver)
The Tea (3/10)
This is the part which we're struggling with because there's no milk. The unspoken rule in the UK is that all tea must be the colour of an aggressive spray tan or it's not tea. We have questions Meghan, how could you offer someone into your home and give them black tea? There's also no evidence of a milk jug (unless it was left out of the shot?) low marks here.
The Avocado Toast (9/10)
As per Daniels caption we can confirm Meghan is the avocado on toast whisperer drizzled with olive oil rock salt and black pepper with no evidence of weird additions that people sometimes try to defile avo-on toast like small pieces of chili or sundried tomatoes this embodies what avocado on toast should be and it somewhat reduces the tea incident (though we are still shook by the lack of milk).
The Layout (7/10)
We're getting some vintage Tig vibes from the rustic teal crockery on a wooden background with the corner of a blanket peeping in. (how did she manage to not get any crumbs on the plate?) and the matching colour palette of silvers, greys, ashes and teals. Could this mark a revival of the Tig? A Tig tribute? Probably a far fetched assumption but we'd like to think so, especially given it's mention in the caption.
But what we really want to know is whether Meghan helped with the layout? Did she choose the filter? Dither with Daniel over the caption? Go through several Whatsapp test runs? We all know a picture is a team effort. Maybe this is Meghan's way of circumventing the Royal Instagram rules? we're staying tuned.