MEGHAN Markle makes her Netflix comeback today with a new lifestyle series that paints a rosy picture of domestic life.
The eight-part series With Love, Meghan follows the former Suits actress as she cooks meals, bakes cakes, keeps bees, arranges flowers, and decorates doughnuts.
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It was reportedly filmed in a farmhouse near the southern California home she shares with her husband Prince Harry and their two children.
Guests on the new series include chef Alice Waters, actor Mindy Kaling and close friend Abigail Spencer, one of Markle’s Suits co-stars.
Harry appears briefly in the trailer, in which Markle says: “We’re not in the pursuit of perfection. We’re in the pursuit of joy.”
In the second episode, Meghan welcomes Mindy Kaling who says: “People wouldn’t believe that Meghan Markle ate at Jack in the Box.”
Meghan fires back with: “It’s so funny, too, that you keep saying Meghan Markle. You know I’m Sussex now.”
According to Netflix, With Love, Meghan sees the duchess sharing “personal tips and tricks, embracing playfulness over perfection and highlighting how easy it can be to create beauty, even in the unexpected”.
Their statement added: “She and her guests roll up their sleeves in the kitchen, the garden, and beyond, and invite you to do the same.”
Just days ago a smiling Meghan was spotted enjoying lunch with Serena Williams ahead of the big launch, Daily Mail reports.
The pair were seen at the restaurant Tre Luna Montecito, near Meghan’s home on Saturday, March 1.
Earlier this year, Markle renamed her 2024 American Riviera Orchard lifestyle brand, calling it As Ever, which has a website selling products such as jams and tableware.
“If you followed me since 2014 with the Tig, you know I’ve always loved cooking and crafting and gardening — this is what I do,” she said, announcing the rebrand.
The series is reportedly being made to complement the lifestyle brand As Ever.
It comes as royal journalist & author Robert Jobson said on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show that Meghan’s series looks a “little dull”.
Robert shared on this weekly’s show: “I mean, it’s just like an advert for Waitrose or something It doesn’t do anything for me.
“It seems that everyone wants her to fail, but it would actually be quite a good story if it was a success. But I’m not overly inspired by it.
“It’s not exactly going to be something I’m going to be wanting to tune into, unless it was a professional thing to do. It’s just a little dull.”
The royal author pointed out that Prince Harry and Meghan have had some “big numbers” with their “royal bashing books and their royal bashing documentaries.”
Robert added: “Now they’re trying to do something, I suppose, that they tell us is all positive, and it just doesn’t seem particularly inspiring to me.”
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Why did Prince Harry and Meghan Markle step back as senior working royals?
PRINCE Harry has always wanted out of the Royal Family and the repercussions will be felt for years, an expert has claimed.
The Duke of Sussex has lived in California with his wife Meghan Markle since 2020 after they dramatically quit their jobs as working royals and moved across the pond.
Katie Nicholl, who is Vanity Fair’s royal correspondent, told The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show that Megxit did not come as a surprise to her.
Speaking to The Sun’s Royal Editor Matt Wilkinson, the commentator explained: “Anyone who knows Harry is aware he’s always wanted a way out of the Royal Family.
“He’s said multiple times on the record that he wished he’d never been born a prince.
“I think he really is living the life he wants to now. It’s very, very sad that it’s played out the way it has.”
In a statement made on the Sussexes’ Instagram account as they stepped back in 2020, the pair wrote: “After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution.
“We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen.
“It is with your encouragement, particularly over the last few years, that we feel prepared to make this adjustment.
“We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honour our duty to The Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages.
“This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity.”
Robert added: “If the numbers are low, really low, it’s going to create that negative publicity that she probably doesn’t want.”
Earlier this week, Meg featured Lilibet in an Instagram reel with Serena Williams to promote her new projects.
It comes after the three-year-old appeared in a photo for ‘As ever’ food brand, which sparked controversy after its logo was similar to a Majorcan town’s coat of arms and the same name as a New York clothing brand.
The couple usually keep their children out of the spotlight.
But in her interview carried out after she left Harry in Canada to spend Valentine’s Day alone during the Invictus Games she talks about her children.
She claims five-year-old Archie told her “mama, don’t work so hard’.
Meg told the outlet: “It was the sweetest thing.”
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The Duchess insists her surname is ‘Sussex’ as she corrects celebrity pal in her new Netflix show
Despite admitting to ‘making mistakes’ herself ahead of the Netflix launch today, Meg was quick to pull up one of her famous guests.
In a teaser clip of the second episode, Meghan welcomes US Office star Mindy Kaling who says: “People wouldn’t believe that Meghan Markle ate at Jack in the Box.”
Meghan fires back with: “It’s so funny, too, that you keep saying Meghan Markle. You know I’m Sussex now.”
It comes as she spoke in a promotional interview to mark With Love, Meghan hitting television screens, she returned to gushing about her Royal Family connections.
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Meghan admits ‘making mistakes’ as she opens up about disastrous rebrand
The mum-of-two was hit by several blows after revealing the new name “As Ever”.
Ahead of With Love, Meghan’s drop, the 43-year-old admitted that things hadn’t been plain sailing.
She told People Magazine: “There are tons of twists and turns — even with the name. I was figuring it out in real time.”
She added: “I appreciate everyone who gave me the grace to make mistakes and figure it out and also to be forgiving with myself through that.
“It’s a learning curve.”
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Showered with presents
Meghan was handed a tote bag full of gifts by her pals – who said “we knew” she would pop up.
The Duchess opened them up in front of her cocktail sipping crowd.
“These are tiny? Are they for Archie and Lili?,” the mum-of-two asked as she fawned over a bracelet.
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Meghan was all about women’s rights, now she’s a 50s housewife cooking on Netflix
An anecdote Meghan Markle loves to wheel out is that as an 11 year old she wrote to P&G, complaining about their advert suggesting only women do the washing-up.
Suitably chastised, the sexist pigs at P&G duly changed their lazy stereotype of a campaign.
Thirty-two years on, then, how is our feminist hero getting on?
Ball-breaking and tearing down the patriarchy brick by brick, perhaps?
Or, er, slaving over a designer stove, in the sort of designer neutrals a Stepford Wife could only dream of, drizzling home-ish grown honey over a baked feta frittata, and tending to her rose bushes.
Before doing the washing-up. (Presumably)
Because, after much fanfare and a cleverly orchestrated advertising campaign – the likes of which P&G execs circa 1992 would be drooling over – the Duchess’s Netflix show With Love, Meghan will kick off today at 8am.
She is, by all accounts, perfect throughout.
Beautiful, funny, elegant, smart and cutesy: the perfect #tradwife.
Read more of The Sun’s Clemmie Moodie’s sensational column.
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Matching tattoos
A few of Meghan’s friends went the extra mile to show their support.
They revealed matching tattoos which read “As Ever” or their arms.
The Duchess tagged the post directing fans to her new brand.
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Meghan beams at glitzy party with pals ahead of show drop
The Duchess was in high spirits celebrating the launch of With Love, Meghan set in just hours.
She made a “surprise” appearance at what appeared to be an early viewing party, hosted by Netflix, surrounded by friends.
“The girls that have supported me for nearly a decade!”, Meg captioned her story.
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Archie and Lilibet share heartwarming note to their ‘mumma’
Meghan Markle shared a sweet Instagram story last night revealing a hand-written poster made by her children.
Archie, five, and ‘Lili’, three, gifted the Duchess the banner, with some help from dad Prince Harry.
It read: “Congratulations mumma! We Love your show and we love you!
“Lili, Archie, Papa xx.”
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