Meghan Markle Debuts 'Cookie Queens' at Sundance, Shares Girl Scout Wisdom
Meghan Markle Debuts 'Cookie Queens' at Sundance, Shares Girl Scout Wisdom
Meghan and Harry promote Cookie Queens at Sundance, with Meghan revealing her Thin Mints favorite and lessons learned from the Girl Scouts.
Park City, Utah — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry took the Sundance spotlight this week to back their new documentary, Cookie Queens, a project that spotlights the entrepreneurs behind the Girl Scouts’ iconic cookies and the lessons they teach young girls about leadership and business. The duchess and her husband joined the premiere events, underscoring how the film blends personal history with a broader look at female empowerment in entrepreneurship.
During a brief chat about the project, Meghan revealed her favorite Girl Scout cookie: Thin Mints. “Isn’t everyone’s Thin Mints?” she joked, adding that she loves them crumbled on vanilla ice cream. The moment underscored the film’s lighter, relatable tone even as it dives into the numbers behind the cookies’ popularity—the tens of thousands of troops, the hundreds of millions in sales, and the way those cookies fuel leadership programs across the country.
Cookie Queens explores how a simple box of cookies has become a springboard for entrepreneurship, storytelling, and community fundraising. The film traces the path from a Girl Scout troop to a national enterprise, highlighting the leadership skills, teamwork, and resilience that scouts develop along the way. For Meghan, who grew up as a Girl Scout, the project is also a personal reflection on business lessons learned early on and how those fundamentals shaped her own approach to public life and philanthropy.
The broader story behind the cookies is equally compelling: Girl Scouts cookies generate about $800 million in annual sales, with Thin Mints consistently among the top sellers. The documentary uses this backdrop to examine how a community-driven product can empower girls to dream bigger, pursue entrepreneurship, and invest in their communities—while still enjoying a familiar favorite each season.
As the premiere rolled on, attendees and viewers saw a portrait of leadership that blends whimsy with purpose, memory with mission. Cookie Queens promises to spark conversations about how girls are prepared for the business world—and how support from families, mentors, and brands can help that preparation soar. Park City audiences will likely walk away with a fuller picture of the ties between culture, commerce, and the next generation of female business leaders.
