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Meghan Markle's first children's book The Bench has failed to top the bestseller list on release day - while Kate Middleton's photography book is still soaring high, weeks after it went on sale. 

The debut book by the Duchess of Sussex, 39, costing £12.99, was inspired by a poem she wrote for Prince Harry on Father's Day the month after Archie was born, and explores the 'special bond between father and son' as 'seen through a mother's eyes'. 

Meghan dedicated the book to Prince Harry and Archie, saying they make her heart go 'pump-pump', and wrote alongside a picture of a father and son playing with toy dinosaurs: 'When life feels in shambles, you'll help him find order.'