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Prince Harry has returned to his home in the US to support his wife Meghan Markle as the two stepped out for a rare joint outing. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended the premiere of the documentary Cookie Queens during this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah, just days after Harry was in the UK to give evidence in a landmark case.

Harry and Meghan served as executive producers of the film through their media company, Archewell Productions, with the documentary following four girls who “strive to be a top-selling 'Cookie Queen,' navigating an $800 million business in which childhood and ambition collide,” in collaborating with the Girl Scouts.

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Meghan gave a speech at an early morning screening on Sunday, with the Duchess praising the documentary as the “cutest film” at the festival. Having been introduced on stage as "Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex", she waved as she walked onto stage and was met with loud cheers and applause when she took to the podium.

Meghan said: “Thank you guys so much for being here bright and early. I know some of you probably had late nights last night, so extra thanks for the effort. Nothing that little cookies and coffee can't help.

“Look, my husband and I and our Archewell Productions, we are so proud and privileged to be able to support and uplift Cookie Queens. This film, yes, is probably the cutest at the festival. But I'm also going to go out on a limb and say it is one of the most powerful and meaningful depictions of something that is an American tradition and rooted in nostalgia.

“But it's now put through this lens from the incredible creative vision of Alyssa to show something modernised about the girlhood experience and all the layers of complexity that come with that.”

She added: “So, yes, it's cute. And yes, these young ladies are fantastic and adorable, but they are also layered, beautiful girls who are about to become very strong leaders and young women. This film is such a labour of love. They have worked on for a couple years and with all of the hundreds of hours of trusted, fly-on-the-wall material that they were able to capture with these families that let them in and allowed them to show and share their lives and their loves.”

Harry and Meghan’s appearance at the festival was their first joint outing of 2026, and came after a busy week for the Duke of Sussex after he spent several days in London to attend hearings in his trial against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL).

Harry is one of the seven high-profile people, including Sir Elton John, Baroness Doreen Lawrence and Liz Hurley, suing the publisher over allegations of unlawful information gathering.

Giving evidence for several hours on Wednesday, the duke appeared emotional as he told the court that ANL had made his wife Meghan Markle's life “an absolute misery”.

In court, Harry said the case against ANL felt like a "recurring traumatic experience" and a "repeat of the past", adding: "I have never believed that my life is open season to be commercialised by these people." ANL strongly denies wrongdoing and is defending the claims, with the trial expected to continue until March.