Meghanâs ânew chapterâ Netflix lifestyle show faces savage criticism
With Love, Meghan runs over eight episodes and shows the duchess sharing cooking, gardening and hosting tips.
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The Duchess of Sussex celebrated a ânew chapterâ as her lifestyle series finally hit Netflix, telling friends and family it was âjust part of that creativity that Iâve missed so muchâ.
With Love, Meghan launched on the streaming platform on Tuesday after being delayed from January because of the Los Angeles wildfires.
But the eight-part series, which sees the former Suits actress give hosting tips and cooking with her celebrity friends, has been savaged by critics.
One review in The Guardian described it as a âgormless lifestyle fillerâ and âso pointless it might be the Sussexesâ last TV showâ, while The Telegraph gave it two stars and branded it âinsaneâ and an âexercise in narcissismâ.
At one point, Meghan says: âHas anyone in the world ever been so tickled by the sight of lettuces?â as she watches chef Alice Waters fill a bowl with salad leaves.
The duchess also remarks as she eats a raw turnip âI feel like youâre watching me falling in loveâ, and refers to a cake as âsheâ before saying âGood night sweetheartâ as she puts it in the oven.
The Duke of Sussex makes just one appearance at the end of the final episode when he joins Meghan, her mother Doria Ragland and friends for an outdoor celebratory brunch.
In what is likely to be seen as a nod to the restrictions she felt within the royal family, Meghan raises a toast, saying: âThis feels like a new chapter that Iâm so excited that I get to share and Iâve been able to learn from all of you.
âSo I just thank you for all the love and support.
âAnd here we go, thereâs a business. All of that is just part of that creativity that Iâve missed so much, so thank you for loving me so much and celebrating with me.â
Meghan had asked Harry as they hugged: âItâs good, right?â. The duke replies: âWell done. You did a great job⦠I love it.â
The duchess, one of the executive producers of the series, talks in a voiceover about âreconnecting with myself and just learning, right?â.
âLike Iâve always been curious, sharing all those discoveries and everything I love with the people that I love, it just brings me so much joy⦠Canât end on a better note than that,â she says.
Meghan uses flower sprinkles and hemp seed hearts as her go-to garnishes, and âsweetâ, âbeautifulâ, âprettyâ, âdeliciousâ and âgorgeousâ are some of the most repeated words used by both the hostess and her guests.
The duchess also suggests people living in a âlittle flat in Londonâ can have âsome small pieceâ of her Californian lifestyle.
She tells Waters: âPeople would watch this and go, âBut I donât have all this space at homeâ.
Meghan rebranded her lifestyle venture with the new name As Ever (Aaron Chown/PA)
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âThatâs why I think the value of what youâve done, with the idea of urban farming or even if youâre just in a little flat in London or small apartment in the city, what people can do to make them feel that they have some small piece of this.â
The show is being viewed as a make-or-break moment for the Sussexes, who signed a multimillion-pound deal with Netflix in 2020, with their most successful output being their controversial Harry & Meghan documentary, which features accusations against the royal family.
Meghan reveals how her numbered homemade jam caused some friction with her celebrity friends.
âIt was not a ranking, it was just âlet me share themâ and then people started to take it very personally,â she says.
Actress and comedian Mindy Kaling tells her in a light-hearted exchange: â(I went) straight up on Instagram. Iâm looking to see who the other people are, and Iâm zooming in to see what numbers they have.â
Meghan says she saved the number one jar for her mother.
The duchess told Kaling that she was a âlatch-key kidâ and âgrew up with a lot of fast food and also a lot of TV tray dinnersâ.
And she speaks with pride about being a Sussex, telling Kaling: âYou keep saying, Meghan Markle, you know, Iâm Sussex now.
âYou have kids, and you go, ânow I share my name with my childrenâ⦠I didnât know how meaningful it would be to me, but it just means so much to go âthis is our family name, our little family nameâ.â
Meghan attended a screening of her series for fans the day before the launch (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
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The duchess, who faced criticism over authenticity for hosting the show from a Californian farmhouse rather than her Montecito mansion, acknowledges she is not filming inside her own home as she makes a tray of treats for friend, make up artist Daniel Martin.
âThis isnât my house. Danielâs gonna be staying at my house but Iâm gonna prep everything here as I would at home and then bring it back to my house so I can have it there for him,â she says.
She also gives a few glimpses into her life with her children Prince Archie, five, and three-year-old Princess Lilibet.
Archie caught two trout while fishing on holiday, Lili helped make a batch of Meghanâs strawberry jam and both children âlove eating vegetablesâ, Meghan says.
And she said her rescue beagle Guy, who appeared in the series but has since died, has a âlot of stories to tellâ after moving with her to the UK and back again when she quit the working monarchy for a new life in the US.
In an episode featuring chef Roy Choi, the pair cook Korean dishes and Choi includes the flavour enhancer MSG (monosodium glutamate) in a fried chicken dish.
The duchess talks about people ordering âno MSGâ food in the 90s and early 2000s, adding: âI donât know quite how that happened.â
The chef replies: âDo you want to know the real reason, racist, itâs racist against Asians.â
He adds: âItâs not any different than bouillon powder, it exists in all of the fast food that America was raised on. What we have now is this more democratic food culture where information can be accessed and you donât see any young people saying MSG gets you sick anymore, right?â
Meghan replied: âIâm glad weâve evolved in that way.â
The duchess renamed her lifestyle brand As Ever, switching from the name American Riviera Orchard just weeks before the launch after facing trademarking setbacks, with Netflix now a new partner in her business.
As Ever trademark applications include a vast range of products from shower gels, incense, pet shampoo and gardening trowels to cutlery, stationery, diaries, paper party decorations, wrapping paper, ornamental non-precious stones, bird houses, honey stirrers, jams, marmalades and tea sets.
Before marrying Harry, Meghan closed down her lifestyle website called The Tig.
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