Meghan Markle is getting dragged for her over-the-top arrival to a Broadway show, with critics calling her four-car motorcade through Manhattan “ridiculous.”
The Duchess of Sussex attended a showing of the revival of “Gypsy” last week escorted by three other vehicles, both to hold her security personnel and to serve as decoys. Page Six <a href="https://pagesix.com/2025/04/11/royal-family/meghan-markle-hires-over-the-top-motorcade-for-broadway-night/">reported</a> that Markle hired former Secret Service agents as part of her private security detail and that the unmarked vehicle, which belonged to the New York Police Department, carried two intel detectives.
One paparazzi photographer described Markle’s measures as total overkill. The unnamed source said her motorcade stunt was “absolutely abnormal.”
“Taylor [Swift] usually has two cars — her car that she’s in and a security car with her team,” the source added. “And if she’s going somewhere, she has a separate car on-site with her team already there, but they don’t travel together.”
The paparazzo mentioned other A-list celebrities and noted that “no one gets police escorts.”
“Meghan is out of control and over-the-top, and it’s ridiculous if the city is paying for this,” the source told the outlet. “And if NYPD was not on duty, then they shouldn’t be allowed to run lights. Somebody’s got to be paying for it.”
The outlet also noted that Prince Harry was not in attendance at the event.
Social media users also shared their reactions to the motorcade. “She’s completely ridiculous. The future Queen goes shopping in London and drives herself with no fuss. They really are a narcissistic pair of attention seekers!” one person <a href="https://x.com/according2_taz/status/1910752558819213488?s=43&amp;t=BDz6oekueqrSVJ50bM62xw">wrote</a>. 
“Of course she did — when your ego won’t fit in one car, a four-car motorcade is absolutely essential for a night at the theater!” another <a href="https://x.com/CandidCoverage/status/1911052666010304755">agreed</a>.
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Markle later posted about the show, sharing photos of herself backstage meeting the cast. “If you get a chance to see @gypsybway, you absolutely must. Congratulations to the tremendously talented cast and crew for creating magic on that stage,” the Duchess of Sussex wrote in the caption. 
&#8216;[Audra McDonald’s] performance will leave you absolutely speechless. Full body chills. I don&#8217;t think there was a dry eye in the house, and if the theater didn&#8217;t have to close for the night, the standing ovation would still be happening,” she continued.

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Meghan Markle Mocked For Taking 4-Car Motorcade To Broadway Show: ‘Absolutely Abnormal’

Meghan Markle Mocked For Taking 4-Car Motorcade To Broadway Show: 'Absolutely Abnormal'

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The first episode of Meghan Markle’s new podcast just dropped, and it’s already getting obliterated by critics.
“Confessions of a Female Founder” is meant to highlight successful businesswomen and “inspire anyone who’s interested in turning their own entrepreneurial dreams into a reality.” But multiple reviews say the first episode, which focuses on Bumble dating app founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, is plagued by multiple issues.
Herd is a longtime friend of the Duchess of Sussex. Several critics note that the conversation is surface-level and too focused on Markle. The Times of London reviewer <a href="https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/meghan-podcast-review-confessions-female-founder-075z0m0sp">said</a> the episode contained nothing but “vapid lessons in self-love.”
“Predictably, she has nothing to say about real business problems such as logistics, management techniques or supply chain issues. Equally predictably, there is lots of guff about how to love yourself and spread positive energy through the world,” the reviewer added.  
“I suspect that this is not the sort of thing most small business people spend much time fretting over. But then Meghan’s business isn’t really a business. It’s a bit like the corporate equivalent of Marie Antoinette’s dairy farm — a pleasant game of make-believe for an idle rich woman.”
The Times reviewer also mocked Wolfe Herd for claiming to be on a “journey of self-love and self-discovery.”
“I’m going to foundationally re-architect the way people date and the way people love,” Wolfe Herd said during the episode.
“By this point I was seized by an urge to beat my head against the wall and foundationally re-architect my skull,” the reviewer wrote of that moment.
The Telegraph reviewer had similar <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/04/08/confessions-of-a-female-founder-podcast-meghan-review/">feedback</a>, saying the “Confessions” included an “inane stream of mindless aphorisms” and “no confessions or secrets.”
“The frustrating thing is that Wolfe Herd, who is just 35, presumably does have wisdom to impart, having been part of the team that created Tinder before she created Bumble,” the reviewer noted. “Imagine the drive, the talent, the decisions and sheer bloody ruthlessness it must take to achieve what she has. We get none of it.”
The reviewer from <a href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/2038917/meghan-markle-podcast-review">Express</a> said Markle steamrolled the whole thing. “Meghan takes control of the narrative early on in the episode. She bluntly directs the podcast by informing her friend of how she wants the conversation to be ‘relaxed and easy’ — which is normally a chat you would have with a guest behind-the-scenes instead of on-air for broadcast,” the reviewer noted. 
Despite the criticism, “Confessions” debuted in the top 10 chart in all categories on Apple Podcasts on its first day of release Tuesday. It sits at <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/charts">number four</a> on the Apple Podcast Top Charts list.
Markle’s previous Spotify podcast, “Archetypes,” was canceled after one season. The former working royal also got mixed reviews for her new lifestyle series on Netflix, “With Love, Meghan,” and her product line called As Ever.

Meghan Markle’s New Podcast Trashed By Critics: ‘Vapid Lessons In Self-Love’

Meghan Markle's New Podcast Trashed By Critics: 'Vapid Lessons In Self-Love'

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Gwyneth Paltrow had some fun with rumors that she&#8217;s been feuding with Meghan Markle, and posted a video featuring the two ladies visiting together.
It started when social media users thought a video Paltrow posted of herself in her kitchen cooking with no makeup on was a subtle dig at Markle’s new lifestyle Netflix series &#8220;With Love, Meghan.” Markle has faced criticism and dismal reviews that have panned the royal’s show as a disaster and pointless.
She captioned it, “My cleaner take on a classic breakfast: gluten-free buttermilk biscuits, not-so-perfectly cooked over-easy eggs, and crispy bacon<a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/boyfriendbreakfast/"> #boyfriendbreakfast</a>.”
In response fans wrote things like, &#8220;Love this. No fake house, fake kitchen, fake hair extensions, fake friends just your beautiful true self. Such a breath of fresh air to see,” <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/gwyneth-paltrow-shuts-down-meghan-markle-feud-rumors-tongue-in-cheek-video">Fox News</a> noted.
Another person added, “With Shade, Gwyneth &#8230; I see what you did there.&#8221; 
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Following all the online chatter about the two being involved in some kind of feud, the “Goop” founder posted a video on her Instagram Stories, answering one fan&#8217;s question that read, “Are you comprehending the Meghan Markle beef that social media says you two have?”
In the clip, Paltrow said, “I genuinely do not understand this, at all whatsoever. Do you understand this?”
She then pans the camera over to a person sitting there with her — and it&#8217;s the Duchess of Sussex, eating some pie. In response, she just shrugs her shoulders, smirks, and appears to start laughing.
The online rumors followed an interview the Marvel star did recently with <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/gwyneth-paltrow-2025-interview">Vanity Fair</a> when she was asked if she knew her royal Montecito neighbors.
&#8220;I don’t know Meghan and [Prince]Harry,&#8221; the actress said. &#8220;I mean, I’ve met Meghan, who seems really lovely, but I don’t know her at all. Maybe I’ll try to get through their security detail and bring them a pie.&#8221;
She was also pressed about Markle’s lifestyle series, and as someone who found her way into that lane after her acting career with her “Goop” brand, Paltrow said there was plenty of space.
&#8220;There’s noise about certain women in the culture, I do have, always, a strong instinct to stand up for them,” the actress said. &#8220;I was raised to see other women as friends, not foes. I think there’s always more than enough to go around. Everybody deserves an attempt at everything that they want to try.&#8221;
Markle’s eight-episode series debuted on Netflix in March, and the duchess recently shared the news that it would be coming back for a second season. In the first week, the series placed in the top 10 on the streaming site, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/03/07/markles-with-love-meghan-renewed-for-another-season-despite-low-review-ranking/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainTwitter&amp;utm_source=ForbesMainTwitter">Forbes</a> noted.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meghan-markle-says-her-netflix-lifestyle-series-renewed-for-second-season-after-brutal-reviews" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meghan Markle Says Her Netflix Lifestyle Series Renewed For Second Season After Brutal Reviews</a>

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A trailer for Meghan Markle’s new podcast dropped on Tuesday, and with it comes more details about the Duchess of Sussex’s latest business venture.
The wife of Prince Harry, who quit her job as a full-time working royal in 2020, shared some information about her new podcast, &#8220;Confessions of a Female Founder,&#8221; which is being produced by Lemonada Media. 
&#8220;I&#8217;m Meghan, and this is ‘Confessions of a Female Founder,’ a show where I chat with female entrepreneurs and friends about the sleepless nights, the lessons learned, and the laser focus that got them to where they are today,&#8221; Markle says in the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/confessions-of-a-female-founder-with-meghan/id1803670198">trailer</a>. 
&#8220;We&#8217;re diving into the highs – and the lows – and the kind of advice that turns small ideas into billion-dollar businesses,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And of course, we&#8217;re going to get some girl talk!&#8221; 
One guest chimed in, &#8220;It just started climbing and climbing, and there was 5,000, 10,000 people on our website.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m broke, and no one is calling me,&#8221; another person said. Another unidentified participant said, &#8220;I knew in that moment that I&#8217;d rather stand for something than sell a whole ton of product and stand for nothing.&#8221;
&#8220;Are you saying you&#8217;re not single now? Have I missed something in the past couple weeks? What&#8217;s happening?&#8221; Meghan asked one of the guests as the two giggled.
&#8220;And through it all, I&#8217;m building a business of my own, and getting all sorts of practical advice along the way that I&#8217;m very excited to share with you. So join me for ‘Confessions of a Female Founder’ from Lemonada Media, which by the way, is also female-founded. Launching April 8, wherever you get your podcasts,&#8221; Markle added. &#8220;Let&#8217;s do this, ladies.&#8221;
&#8220;This is not ‘Shark Tank,’ think of this as &#8216;dolphin tank.&#8217; These are very friendly waters, it&#8217;s all going to be good,&#8221; she concluded. 
The Duchess of Sussex announced the podcast was coming earlier this month. 
&#8220;I’m so excited to share with you something else I’ve been working on: ‘Confessions of a Female Founder,’ my new podcast with @lemonadamedia!&#8221; Markle <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meghan-markle-announces-another-podcast-after-losing-spotify-show">shared</a> on Instagram.
&#8220;I’ve been having candid conversations with amazing women who have turned dreams into realities, and scaled small ideas into massively successful businesses,&#8221; she went on. &#8220;They’re opening up, sharing their tips, tricks (and tumbles), and letting me pick their brains as I build out my own business, As ever. It has been absolutely eye-opening, inspiring… and fun! (Because what’s the point if we can’t have some fun on this wild adventure?)&#8221;
Her announcement inspired a lot of mockery online, especially considering how her last podcast, “Archetypes,” failed to be renewed for a second season. Most of Markle’s business ventures have been underwhelming, including a recently launched cooking and lifestyle show on Netflix that’s been absolutely skewered and parodied online for weeks. 
Many users also pointed out that her new podcast sounds very similar to the existing podcast “Confessions of a CEO.” 
&#8220;Tell me you don’t have a single original thought without telling me you don’t have a single original thought,&#8221; one person <a href="https://x.com/BiroNower/status/1900216832969052383">wrote</a> on X alongside a screenshot depicting that podcast.

Meghan Markle Promises ‘Billion Dollar’ Business Advice On New Podcast After Spotify Show Bombed

Meghan Markle Promises 'Girl Talk' And 'Billion Dollar' Business Advice On New Podcast

Meghan Markle announced she’s launching another podcast in April after losing her “Archetypes” show on Spotify when the streaming site announced that it would not be renewing it for a second season.
“I’m so excited to share with you something else I’ve been working on: “Confessions of a Female Founder,” my new podcast with<a href="https://www.instagram.com/lemonadamedia/"> @lemonadamedia</a>!” the Duchess of Sussex wrote in a post on Thursday on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHJN9BrJtwG/">Instagram</a>.
“I’ve been having candid conversations with amazing women who have turned dreams into realities, and scaled small ideas into massively successful businesses,” she added. “They’re opening up, sharing their tips, tricks (and tumbles), and letting me pick their brains as I build out my own business, As ever.”
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“It has been absolutely eye-opening, inspiring…and fun! (Because what’s the point if we can’t have some fun on this wild adventure?)” Markle continued. “First episode is April 8th!”
The “Suits” actress signed a deal with Lemonada Media in 2024 after Spotify opted out of a second season of the podcast with the royal couple. In 2020, Prince Harry and Markle signed an agreement with the streaming site for $20 million, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/03/13/entertainment/meghan-markle-lands-podcast-confessions-of-a-female-founder-after-spotify-disaster/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost">New York Post</a> noted.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex&#8217;s company, Archewell Audio, produced 12 episodes of the Spotify podcast, which aired from August to November 2022.
The streaming site and the royal couple’s company released a joint statement in 2023 that they “mutually agreed to part ways and are proud of the series [they] made together.”
An insider, at the time, told the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/15/prince-harry-meghan-markle-split-from-spotify/?_gl=1*1rdu6jn*_ga*MTY5ODgwMzA2MS4xNjgwNzE5MzY0*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTY4NzgwMzY1Mi42MC4wLjE2ODc4MDM2NTIuMC4wLjA.&amp;_ga=2.141075378.188947288.1687794380-1698803061.1680719364">Post</a>, that the royal couple had not produced enough content to justify the deal the royals made with the streaming site.
In addition to launching a new podcast, Markle recently dropped a new lifestyle series “With Love, Meghan” on Netflix. It has already been renewed for a second season, despite criticism and reviews that have panned the royal’s show as a disaster and pointless.
The duchess previously shared news that the eight-episode series, which debuted on Netflix March 4, was coming back. In the first week, the series placed in the top 10 on the streaming site, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/03/07/markles-with-love-meghan-renewed-for-another-season-despite-low-review-ranking/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainTwitter&amp;utm_source=ForbesMainTwitter">Forbes</a> noted.
The series has scored dismal reviews from both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, and, unsurprisingly, did particularly poorly in the United Kingdom.
One reviewer from The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/04/with-love-meghan-netfix-deal-harry-royals">called it</a> “pointless” and predicted it would be the Sussexes’ last television show after several Netflix flops. The outlet also said the series was bound to fail “unless the broader public suddenly develops a hankering for long-form television programmes about a woman filling children’s party bags with seeds and manuka honey.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meghan-markle-says-her-netflix-lifestyle-series-renewed-for-second-season-after-brutal-reviews" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meghan Markle Says Her Netflix Lifestyle Series Renewed For Second Season After Brutal Reviews</a>

Meghan Markle Announces Another Podcast After Losing Spotify Show

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Meghan Markle is having a rough week.
The actress turned royal turned tony Montecito resident debuted her new lifestyle show, With Love, Meghan, on Netflix last Tuesday. By Wednesday afternoon, every corner of the internet had excoriated her for the effort.
And when it comes to effort, Meghan puts forth a lot.
Not unlike Anne Hathaway or Sally Field circa the 1985 Oscars shouting, “You like me! You really, really like me!” Meghan is a classic try-hard. I don’t say this disparagingly; as someone who regularly brings home-baked treats to professional settings, I respect her domestic hustle. And however disparate our points of view on politics or publicity stunts, I also tip a hat to anyone willing to enter the public arena and welcome scrutiny, a subject with which the duchess is well-acquainted.
Her new show is the latest in a string of attempts at reinvention that Meg and her husband Prince Harry have made since stepping down from their royal duties in January 2020. The much lambasted lifestyle show is preceded by three other documentary projects, all part of their reported $100 million five-year deal with Netflix, and Meghan’s short-lived Archetypes podcast, which rests under the banner of a reported $20 million deal with Spotify. Each project sparked more irritation than the last, but Meg’s new hospitality and cooking show takes the critical cake.
While Meghan and Harry have long held sympathies from legacy media and celebrity circles alike, even mainstream and left-leaning publications including Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, ScreenRant, Vulture, and The Cut have no soft spot for their latest production.
Some outlets slam Meghan for her unrelatability and luxurious lifestyle, while others chastise her for not allowing enough access into the rarified world of a real-life American princess. Reviewing the collected criticism of this attempt at a lighthearted escape of a television show feels a little like getting Lindsay Lohan’s emotional whiplash upon her first high school cafeteria foray into the world of The Plastics in Mean Girls. One almost expects the sporadically featured cameraman, who, when asked if he’d like to share a glass of beer left over from a recipe for chicken brine, to respond to Meghan by saying, “So, you agree. You think you’re really pretty.”
While certain criticisms are warranted, they do lack an essentially nuanced understanding of both the show’s genre and its titular star.
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Superfans hoping the show — whose trailer billed it as a straightforward lifestyle series — would spill tea on the royal family drama were left sorely disappointed. Just minutes into the first episode, Meghan announces that the sun-drenched kitchen in which she flits about is not inside of her actual house, and she goes on to refer to it as the “set” throughout the rest of the series. The most personal detail she shares about her royal husband is that he sometimes comes strolling into the kitchen when he smells that she’s frying bacon.
Even the most tuned-in Royal-watchers stopped speculating on the family drama about 20 minutes into the famed Oprah tell-all when most of it boiled down to salacious headlines, hearsay, and quite a bit of melodrama — all well-honed by an actress who earned her previous paychecks on a soapy legal drama series. All that said, did critics hoping for a fly-on-the-wall perspective of the royals’ new Montecito digs think that one of the most scrutinized families in the world would again open wide the doors of their life for a Bravo style reality show? They tried that before and it only served to plummet their social stock, most aptly and satirically evidenced by Southpark’s “World Wide Privacy Tour” episode in which Harry and Meg’s animated avatars travel the globe’s media outlets demanding that people leave them alone.
The more frequent complaint of the show and its host is the unrelenting lack of self-awareness: the in-your-face luxury of the one-percent that Meghan treats like it’s accessible to anyone with a pot to boil water in. Among other accouterments of said ridiculousness cited by critics is a backyard honey farm from which a quirky on-staff beekeeper extricates wax for Meghan’s homemade non-toxic candles. Her first guest is Daniel Martin, her longtime makeup artist, with whom she chuckles about how she called his talent agency herself (gasp!) to inquire for her first booking since she didn’t even have a publicist at the time. (How pedestrian!) From celebrity guest Mindy Kaling feigning awe at the fact that Meghan makes her own balloon arches for children’s parties, rather than farm out the chore to a hired hand (the ingenuity!) to Meghan sprinkling edible flowers atop literally everything (and you can too, once her merch website launches!) the show is ripe with out-of-touch excess.
To which, this author says: so what?
One has to wonder if critics claiming offense at Meghan’s unrelatable lifestyle have ever actually watched a lifestyle show; the genre is not supposed to be relatable. At most, it’s aspirational; at minimum, it’s a distraction. With Love, Meghan is not something you settle down to view with a critical eye. It’s something you put on the television while you’re folding heaping baskets of laundry or washing a sink full of dishes. Sure, the patio in the sweet little home my husband and I share doesn’t have enough space for a beehive, nor does our guest room provide occupancy for its quirky keeper, but darn if I wasn’t inspired to see if our local grocery store carries mãnuka honey. 
Other critics come after Meghan for positioning herself — by virtue of hosting this show — as something of an authority on hospitality and cooking. While it’s clear that she genuinely loves both, one does begin to question what qualifies her as the show’s star when she painstakingly arranges (yet another) crudité platter.
From the obsessively perfect and famously difficult Martha Stewart, to the unabashedly entitled and comically out-of-touch Gwyneth Paltrow, to the unmatched Ina Garten, who personifies the comforting charm of “eat, drink, and be merry,” the greats of this space have already been established during its heyday. Everything else is copy. That’s why With Love, Meghan feels, admittedly, a bit misplaced: unaware of what it isn’t and hitting our airwaves about 10 years too late. In an era when anyone can access all-star recipes from the homecooks of Instagram — shared from modest kitchens across our country — it does make the notion of a duchess casually modeling how to create a harvest basket using produce from her own palatial garden feel more than a little tone-deaf. Then again, Hilaria Baldwin, the Boston-born-and-bred wife of actor Alec Baldwin, once hosted a cooking segment on The Today Show and proclaimed to forget the English word for “cucumber,” so immersed in her Spanish culture is she. If there’s anything we’ve learned from celebrities, it’s that proximity to power can create all manner of ego-driven delusions of grandeur.
So, while aspects of the show are inauthentic and silly, and it’s largely devoid of pace and purpose in the way that an eight-episode series that should have been four often are, I didn’t go into the viewing experience expecting anything other than a beautiful West Coast backdrop, a few outfit ideas (even Meghan’s harshest critics admit that her style is impeccable), and a handful of tips and tricks for putting together gifts for loved ones. For all the eye-rolling criticism that her show has garnered, I would bet money on the fact that women all over America are, at this very moment, decanting store-bought peanut butter pretzels into little labeled gift bags. It’s an adorable idea and I dare even the most cynical of snackers not to be touched when they find it on their bedside table along with lavender towels and a carafe of sun tea next time they visit a friend who has watched (or hate-watched) Meghan’s show.
Sure, the duchess’s swooning commentary on the beauty of the weather, dimpled focaccia dough, or an egg yolk is tiresome, as is her penchant for speaking in platitudes that belong on tea towels. She’s understandably guarded enough to appear performative, and the amateurish tips presented as sacrosanct should be taken less seriously, but I didn’t tune in expecting to find this era’s Martha, Gwyneth, or Ina. As a Royal-watching, Nancy Meyers aesthetic-obsessed, amateur home cook, and aspiring excellent hostess, I am exactly the woman for whom this show was made. I watched it for the same reason that I saw Barbie in theaters without expecting it to rival an adaptation of Pride &amp; Prejudice, or enjoy reading a novel with a Nantucket beach scene on the cover without comparing it to Dickens or Dostoevsky.
It’s just a bit of fun, and sometimes, that’s enough.
So, to the show’s harshest and high-minded critics, I offer an invitation: stop watching.
Or, at least find a hobby to keep you busy while you do, because With Love, Meghan has already been renewed for a second season.

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Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle series “With Love, Meghan” has already been renewed for a second season, despite criticism and reviews that have panned the royal’s show as a disaster and pointless.
“Oh, how I love ASMR! If you’re loving Season 1, just wait until you see the fun we cooked up on Season 2!” the Duchess of Sussex captioned her post on Instagram —hich blocked people from commenting on the surprising news.
“Thanks for joining the party, and an endless thanks to the amazing team and crew who helped bring it all to life!” she added. “@netflix.”
The eight-episode series debuted on Netflix last week and by Friday, the duchess shared news it was coming back. In the first week, the series placed in the top 10 on the streaming site, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/03/07/markles-with-love-meghan-renewed-for-another-season-despite-low-review-ranking/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainTwitter&amp;utm_source=ForbesMainTwitter">Forbes</a> noted.
“Meghan, Duchess of Sussex invites friends and famous guests to a beautiful California estate, where she shares cooking, gardening and hosting tips,” the series <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81770808">description</a> on Netflix reads.
The <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/03/07/entertainment/meghan-markles-netflix-show-with-love-meghan-renewed-for-season-2/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_medium=social">New York Post</a> reported that filming and production on the second season was complete, and it was set to drop this fall. 
It was this tidbit that seemed to upset critics, with many taking to social media to note that there was no support or outcry from fans for another season, but that the show had reportedly already completed filming for a second part.
“Honestly, this was an excellent PR strategy. Film the show. Break it into two parts and then make it seem like it was renewed for a second season because everyone loved it,” one person noted on X. &#8220;Good one, but we see right through the BS. With Love, Meghan is a flop.”
Another person added, pointing to a Deadline article, “The truth is out. With Love, Meghan was originally greenlit for two seasons. Nothing new here!”
The series has scored dismal reviews from both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, and, unsurprisingly, did particularly poorly in the United Kingdom.
A reviewer from The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/04/with-love-meghan-netfix-deal-harry-royals">called it</a> “pointless” and predicted it would be the Sussexes’ last television show after several Netflix flops. The outlet also said the series was bound to fail “unless the broader public suddenly develops a hankering for long-form television programmes about a woman filling children’s party bags with seeds and manuka honey.”
The Duchess of Sussex also <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/03/04/lifestyle/meghan-markle-mocked-by-netflix-viewers-for-her-basic-one-pan-pasta-dish-thats-not-food-thats-punishment/">got ridiculed</a> for an unconventional recipe for spaghetti, which she claimed she put in her children’s lunch boxes the next day.
“That’s not food – that’s punishment!” one person remarked.
“With so little water, the dish must be a gluey, sticky, starchy brick,” another person agreed.
“Her food looks very basic and a bit boring,” a third said.
Commenters on X were not impressed either.
“I just saw the 8 episodes, and they are worse than you can possibly imagine,” one <a href="https://x.com/paulamatanovich/status/1896776576244597226" target="_blank" rel="noopener">viewer</a> replied.
“I’m so glad Meghan Markle has a new show on Netflix where I can watch her take pretzels out of a labeled bag and put them into a new bag…then label it. The people’s Martha Stewart!” another commenter <a href="https://x.com/quickqspod/status/1896899586389848453">joked</a>.
Amanda Harding contributed to this piece.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meghan-markle-getting-dragged-for-pointless-netflix-show-worse-than-you-can-possibly-imagine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meghan Markle Getting Dragged For ‘Pointless’ Netflix Show: ‘Worse Than You Can Possibly Imagine’</a>

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Former working royal Meghan Markle has been mocked ever since the release of her new Netflix lifestyle series, “With Love, Meghan,” which dropped on Tuesday.
The TV personality is being criticized for her show being inauthentic, elitist, and out-of-touch, even when interacting with her friends on the eight-episode series. One of the most viral moments comes when Markle firmly corrects her longtime friend, actress Mindy Kaling, insisting that she’s calling her by the wrong name.
“It’s so funny, too, that you keep saying ‘Meghan Markle.’ You know I’m Sussex now,” the “Suits” actress says abruptly at one point. Kaling remains quiet with a serious expression as Markle goes on to explain her reasoning.
“You have kids and you go, ‘No, I share my name with my children.’ And that feels so — I didn’t know how meaningful it would be to me. But it just means so much to go, &#8216;This is our family name, our little family name,'&#8221; she went on.
“Well, now I know,” Kaling replied. “And I love it.”
Viewers have been critical of this interaction and of Markle’s decision to use her royal title “Sussex” as a last name, which is a break in tradition for the royal family. Meghan and her husband Prince Harry were given the titles His Royal Highness the Duke and Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Sussex after they wed. But Sussex is a cultural region, not a name. Prince Harry’s actual surname is Mountbatten-Windsor.
Buckingham Palace said in a statement that Meghan and Harry could keep their titles as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but they would no longer be referred to as His and Her Royal Highness after quitting their roles as working royals in 2020.
Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3, are now using the last name “Sussex” informally, which is what led Markle to want to do the same.
&#8220;She has spent under six hours in the county in her entire lifetime&#8230; she&#8217;s not a Sussex, she&#8217;s a Windsor,&#8221; British news anchor Piers Morgan said.
“Her name is NOT Meghan Sussex. Her name is technically Rachel Mountbatten-Windsor,” another commenter observed. “Sussex is a county in England &amp; part of a courtesy title-NOT her last name.”
She continued, noting how the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince William and Kate Middleton, sometimes style their children’s last name in school as Wales to simplify things, but the adults don’t.
“Diana didn’t call herself ‘Diana Wales’ either,” she <a href="https://x.com/unreMARKLEble/status/1897028688019128821">wrote</a> in an X post. “[Meghan Markle] just showed how ignorant she is of the protocols &amp; customs of the family she married into &amp; no doubt they’re laughing at her. Yes… she shares a last name [with] her kids…but it ain’t Sussex.”
Many other followers pointed out how Markle complained about her name change during the bombshell interview she did with Oprah in 2021. “I grieve a lot. I mean, I’ve lost my father. I lost a baby. I nearly lost my name. I mean, there’s the loss of identity,” she said during that interview. “But I’m still standing, and my hope for people in the takeaway from this is to know that there’s another side.”

Meghan Markle Mocked For Scolding Mindy Kaling Over Using Her Name: ‘You Know I’m Sussex Now’

Meghan Markle Mocked For Scolding Mindy Kaling About Using Her Name: 'You Know I'm Sussex Now'

Meghan Markle’s new Netflix series, “With Love, Meghan,&#8221; was just released on Tuesday, and it’s already being heaped with criticism from news outlets and viewers weighing in via social media. 
The series was marketed as a lifestyle show meant to highlight some of the Duchess of Sussex’s favorite tips for entertaining. The trailer promised a cast of guest appearances from Markle’s friends like Mindy Kaling and others. But from the get-go, fans were confused as to why the former working royal would choose such a saturated genre. 
“Meghan, Duchess of Sussex invites friends and famous guests to a beautiful California estate, where she shares cooking, gardening and hosting tips,” the series <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81770808">description</a> on Netflix says.
All eight episodes became available on Tuesday after the release was delayed due to the Los Angeles County wildfires. While some reviews support Markle’s latest creative endeavor, many others are mocking it. 
A reviewer from The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/04/with-love-meghan-netfix-deal-harry-royals">called it</a> “pointless” and predicted it would be the Sussexes’ last television show after several Netflix flops. The outlet also said the series was bound to fail “unless the broader public suddenly develops a hankering for long-form television programmes about a woman filling children’s party bags with seeds and manuka honey.”
The Duchess of Sussex also <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/03/04/lifestyle/meghan-markle-mocked-by-netflix-viewers-for-her-basic-one-pan-pasta-dish-thats-not-food-thats-punishment/">got ridiculed</a> for an unconventional recipe for spaghetti, which she claimed she put in her children’s lunch boxes the next day.
“That’s not food – that’s punishment!” one person remarked.
“With so little water, the dish must be a gluey, sticky, starchy brick,” another person agreed.
“Her food looks very basic and a bit boring,” a third echoed.
Commenters on X were not impressed either.
“I just saw the 8 episodes, and they are worse than you can possibly imagine,” one viewer r<a href="https://x.com/paulamatanovich/status/1896776576244597226">eplied</a>. 
“I’m so glad Meghan Markle has a new show on Netflix where I can watch her take pretzels out of a labeled bag and put them into a new bag…then label it. The people’s Martha Stewart!” another commenter <a href="https://x.com/quickqspod/status/1896899586389848453">joked</a>. 
Another <a href="https://x.com/unreMARKLEble/status/1896636418220240966">chimed</a> in, “This is literally the most basic, uninspired content I’ve ever seen. My local grocery store makes better fruit rainbows. It’s not creative, it’s not original, it’s boring and even worse is her insufferable banter.”
“All of Meghan Markle’s ‘recipes’ can be found on Pinterest,” another person <a href="https://x.com/MeghansMole/status/1896657704917381132">observed</a>, highlighting a photo of a rainbow fruit tray that looked identical to one a blogger had posted about previously. 
Viewers were also frustrated over how fake it all felt, especially since the show wasn’t filmed in her actual home. 
The Google Reviews so far are very low, with a current average rating of 2.4 out of 5. 
“Imagine if Martha Stewart and Gwyneth Paltrow had a love child who was raised by a committee of Instagram influencers—that’s essentially what we have here. Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle and cooking show on Netflix is a glossy, filtered, and utterly exhausting journey into the world of perfectly curated nothingness,” one reviewer wrote, adding that the “small, relatable moments” the show highlights “often feel as authentic as a Kardashian family dinner.”

Meghan Markle Getting Dragged For ‘Pointless’ Netflix Show: ‘Worse Than You Can Possibly Imagine’

Meghan Markle Getting Dragged For 'Pointless' Netflix Show: 'Worse Than You Can Possibly Imagine'

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Former royal aide Jason Knauf opened up about the rift between Prince William and Prince Harry and said it’s been “hard and sad” for those on the inside to witness the split between the brothers.
Speaking on “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YHfkaVcGZ8">60 Minutes Australia</a>,” Knauf &#8212; who previously worked as a communications secretary to Prince William and Kate Middleton along with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle &#8212; said that he’s unsure if the bond between the two brothers could ever heal, which started after Harry and Meghan stepped down from their royal duties and eventually moved to the United States.
&#8220;It&#8217;s very difficult to have this stuff play out in the public eye, but [William]&#8217;s chosen to keep his thoughts on it private, and I think all of us who know him really have to respect that we should do the same,&#8221; Knauf said.
&#8220;But I will say, of course, it&#8217;s been hard and sad, especially for all of us who know both of them,&#8221; he added.
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Knauf, who “worked really closely with&#8221; Harry and Meghan to plan their wedding in 2018, called the opportunity to work with the couple on their event an &#8220;amazing, magical experience” and wished them all the best.
The former aide also said he couldn’t “speculate on the future” when asked if he thought Harry’s role in the family could possibly change when William becomes King. He added, “They achieved a lot together, and none of that can ever be taken away.&#8221;
However, another former royal aide, Grant Harrold, spoke to the outlet and said that the “broken bond” won’t last forever and suggested that Harry will &#8220;still be there to support his brother [at his coronation as King] as he has been for his father.&#8221;
After serving as a communications secretary to the royal brothers and their wives, Knauf took on the role of chief executive of Prince William and Middleton’s Royal Foundation, before he stepped down from the royal household in 2021.
In 2024, a source told <a href="https://people.com/prince-harry-prince-william-aide-breaks-silence-brothers-rift-jason-knauf-60-minutes-australia-11685045?utm_campaign=people&amp;utm_content=likeshop&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=instagram">People magazine</a> that Harry’s calls and letters to his father King Charles and his brother have reportedly gone unanswered.
The rift between the brothers is &#8220;very bad,” said a royal insider, but it’s not &#8220;irreparable.”
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Former working royal Meghan Markle has announced that she’s rebranding her lifestyle company before hard launching a single product.
The Duchess of Sussex shared the news via Instagram with a post revealing the new name just a few weeks before her Netflix series premieres. 
The brand launch started last March when Markle introduced the idea of “American Riviera Orchard,” which, as far as anyone could tell, sold some homemade preserves. There were photos that showed celebrities receiving samples from a limited batch, but nothing beyond that besides a website collecting email addresses – until now.
In the video launch of the newly branded “As Ever,” the former royal explains that she chose a name that made more sense. However, multiple outlets are <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/02/18/entertainment/meghan-markle-renames-lifestyle-brand-american-riviera-orchard-to-as-ever-after-trademark-woes/">reporting</a> that Markle could not get the name America Riviera Orchard trademarked, eventually leading to the shift.
And then things got even more complicated. Since the brand launch, the owner of the United States-based clothing brand &#8220;As Ever,&#8221; which he says has been in business since 2015, posted on social media about the newfound attention. He assured customers that he has no affiliation with the Duchess of Sussex.
Designer Mark Kolski wrote in a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGO6FWasDQ4/?hl=en">post</a> on Instagram: &#8220;I want to say thank you to all the old friends who know and love our small family brand As Ever, and also say hi to all those that have just become aware we exist.&#8221;
&#8220;In the last 36 hours there has been an outpouring of support and concern regarding recent events around our namesake brand. We are aware. We are not affiliated,&#8221; he added.
&#8220;It&#8217;s 2025. We are grateful to still be here making clothing in New York &amp; New Jersey,&#8221; the post said. &#8220;We are grateful for all the customers coast to coast and world wide that have supported our venture. We will continue As Ever.&#8221;
The Duchess of Sussex shared the news in an outdoor-based video posted to Instagram featuring a brief cameo from her husband, Prince Harry, who can be heard saying, &#8220;It&#8217;s recording,&#8221; before handing her a phone.
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&#8220;The cat’s out of the bag,&#8221; Markle says in the clip. &#8220;I’m shocked we’ve kept this a secret for so long. In two weeks my show is coming out, which I’m so excited for. And also my business, which I think there has been a lot of curiosity about.&#8221;
&#8220;Last year, I had thought, &#8216;American Riviera, that sounds like such a great name.&#8217; It’s my neighborhood; it’s a nickname for Santa Barbara, but it limited me to things that were just manufactured and grown in this area,&#8221; she continued.
&#8220;Then Netflix came on, not just as my partner in the show, but as my partner in my business, which was huge. So I thought about it, and I’ve been waiting for a moment to share a name that I had secured in 2022, and this is the moment, and it’s called &#8216;As Ever,'&#8221; Markle said.
She then explained that the new website is meant to reflect her defunct lifestyle brand, The Tig.
&#8220;As Ever essentially means as it’s always been, and if you’ve followed me since 2014 with The Tig, you know I’ve always loved cooking and crafting and gardening — this is what I do,&#8221; Markle went on. &#8220;And I haven’t been able to share it with you in the same way for the past few years, but now I can, so as things are starting to trickle out there, I wanted you to hear it from me first.&#8221;
&#8220;Of course, there will be fruit preserves; I think we’re all clear at this point that jam is my jam. But there are so many more products that I just love, and now it&#8217;s time to share them with you. So I just can’t wait for you to see it. Thanks, guys!&#8221; she concluded.
Comments for the post are disabled. The logo features a palm tree flanked by two hummingbirds, with a photo of Markle and her daughter, Princess Lilibet, debuting on the brand’s website.
This announcement comes just before the release of Markle’s Netflix show, “With Love, Meghan,” which is slated to begin streaming on March 4.

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Despite the number of deportations happening under the Trump administration, the president recently ruled out adding British royal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/prince-harry">Prince Harry</a> to the list.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">President Trump</a> told <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/02/08/us-news/trump-rules-out-deporting-prince-harry-takes-jab-at-meghan-markle/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost">the New York Post</a> on Friday that unlike unlawfully present violent offenders and criminals, Harry isn’t on his radar. “I don’t want to do that,” he told the outlet. “I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible.”
He also told the Post that “poor Harry” is “whipped” by his wife, Meghan Markle. 
Meanwhile, the president praised Prince William, Harry’s older brother and heir to the British throne. Trump said he believes the Prince of Wales is “a great man.” 
The NY Post noted that Prince Harry’s immigration status is currently being litigated in Washington, D.C. The Heritage Foundation alleges that the former working royal, who quit his job and defected to the United States with his actress wife, might have been untruthful about past illegal drug use on his visa application, which would have been disqualifying. 
The conservative organization pointed to revelations in Harry’s best-selling memoir, “Spare,” as proof of his prior hard drug use.
Although Trump has not targeted Prince Harry for deportation, he has been vocal about his feelings for the self-exiled royal. In February last year, Trump accused former President Joe Biden’s administration of “protecting Harry” and said he couldn’t promise the same.
“He betrayed the queen. That’s unforgivable,” President Trump <a href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1870541/donald-trump-deport-prince-harry-joe-biden">told</a> the U.K.’s Daily Express in an interview at the time. 
The royal couple has also voiced negative feelings about Trump over the years. During the 2016 presidential race, Markle called the president “divisive” and “misogynistic,” prompting Trump to call her statements about him “nasty.”
In 2020, Trump said he wasn’t “a fan” of Markle.
“Prince Harry and Meghan Markle chimed in on the U.S. election and essentially encouraged people to vote for Joe Biden,” a reporter told Trump at the time, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-torches-meghan-markle-i-wish-a-lot-of-luck-to-harry-because-hes-gonna-need-it">reported</a>. “I want to get your reaction to that.”
Trump responded, “I’m not a fan of hers and I would say this, and she probably has heard that, but I wish a lot of luck to Harry … because he’s going to need it.”

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