Meghan Markle received a surprise birthday cake to celebrate turning 38 from the London bakery she championed in Vogue

MEGHAN Markle celebrated her birthday last week and received a surprise cake from her favourite bakery.

The Duchess of Sussex, 38, is said to have had a low-key time at Frogmore Cottage with her family – but enjoyed a cake from the Luminary Bakery, according to Hello!.

Meghan is a champion of the bakery, and chose them as one of the many good causes highlighted in Meghan’s Vogue issue that she helped to guest-edit.

Cakes start from around £45 and include flavours from salted caramel and chocolate to lemon and blueberry.

The Luminary Bakery is an all-female team based in east London, who help women who are victims of sex trafficking, violence, who have been to prison or are finding it hard to get back into work.

Since they launched in 2014, they have helped 56 women get back on their feet.

Prince Harry marked Meghan’s August 4 birthday with a heartfelt Instagram post which said: “Happy Birthday to my amazing wife. Thank you for joining me on this adventure! Love, H.”

After Meghan featured the bakery in her Vogue issue, she followed up with a sweet handwritten note, thanking them for their work.

The note, written in Meghan’s beautiful calligraphy, read: “When I knew I would be secretly guest editing the September issue of British Vogue, including Luminary Bakery was a non-negotiable.

“The work you do, what you represent to the community, the spirit of the women there- you all embody what it means to be ‘forces for change’.

“Thank you for being a part of this special project.”

The Luminary Bakery shared their excitement at being included in the magazine.

They uploaded a photo of the front cover, with the caption: “What an honour! We are so excited to share that Luminary is being featured in the September 2019 issue of @BritishVogue, guest-edited by HRH The Duchess of Sussex @SussexRoyal!

“The Duchess personally requested Luminary to be featured and sent us a gorgeous handwritten note to thank us for being #ForcesForChange.

“We are so grateful to The Duchess of Sussex, Edward Enninful and @ellie_pithers for including us in this historic issue of such an esteemed magazine.”

Meghan Markle’s Vogue issue was slammed as ‘virtue-signalling’ by writer who was banned from taking photos of the duchess at Wimbledon.

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