Meghan Markle’s latest podcast guest addressed her with her maiden name in the new episode of her show, despite previously calling out a Hollywood actress during her Netflix series when she used it. The Duchess of Sussex’s podcast series, Confessions of a Female Founder, dropped its newest episode today, which featured the founder of sustainable hair and beauty brand Kitsch, Cassandra Thurswell.

In the episode, Ms Thurswell referred to Meghan as “Meghan Markle” but the duchess did not correct her despite calling out actress Mindy Kaling during With Love, Meghan, when she used her previous surname. The Kitsch founder said: “I love that you call me Cassie… There’s such a small handful of people that call me Cassie, and it’s like my immediate family and Meghan Markle.”

Meghan laughed and replied: “It’s like Meg or M. It’s the same thing. It’s how we met all those years ago.”

Meanwhile, the duchess had a different reaction to Mindy Kaling during an episode of her With Love, Meghan show. She told the Hollywood actress: “You keep saying ‘Meghan Markle’ – you know, I’m Sussex now.”

Meghan revealed she met Ms Thurswell in 2009 through the businesswoman’s cousin, who is a friend of the duchess.

Meghan was auditioning for acting parts and Ms Thurswell ended up helping her by styling her outfits, including the shoes she wore to her final audition for the legal drama Suits.

The duchess also compared gardening to running a business, saying some seasons are for “blooming” and others for “tending to the soil”.

The episode was released just a day after known gardening enthusiasts the King and Queen visited the Chelsea Flower Show, meeting former footballer David Beckham and seeing a rose named in Charles’s honour.

The duchess said: “OK, so I think you guys know, I really like being in the garden, and running a business, funnily enough, it’s a lot like gardening.

“Some seasons are for blooming, others are for planting seeds, but most of the work, especially early on, it’s tending to the soil.

“It’s the foundation. It’s what everything is going to grow out of.”