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.
The Duchess of Sussex’s With Love, Meghan TV show is airing on March 4[/caption]
Meghan’s cooking show stars a number of her celebrity friends, including actress Mindy Kaling[/caption]
Meghan shares ‘personal tips and tricks’ with viewers on the show[/caption]
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.”
Prince Harry has made a cameo in some of the clips[/caption]
Meghan shared clips of her dancing behind-the-scenes[/caption]
The eight-part With Love, Meghan, is set to air on Netflix on March 4, after being postponed due to the LA fires[/caption]
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.”
Hello Magazine’s royal editor Emily Nash also featured on the episode and told The Sun’s royal editor Matt Wilkinson that a measure of success for the show will be “numbers.”
Robert added: “If the numbers are low, really low, it’s going to create that negative publicity that she probably doesn’t want.”
Emily reasoned: “Let’s not forget, she had a huge following for the TIG, her Instagram account that did very well for her.
“And if people who followed her for that are still invested now, then there’s potentially quite a big audience for it still.”
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.”
