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New York Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Meghan Markle's Netflix show 'With Love, Meghan' fails to crack streamer's top 300
Meghan Markle's Netflix show has failed to rank among the platform's top 300 most-watched titles between January and June 2025, The Post can confirm. The Duchess of Sussex's eight-part series, titled 'With Love, Meghan,' ranked 383rd with just 5.3 million views since its debut earlier this year — unprecedented numbers for a Netflix original that has been renewed. Newly released figures from the streaming giant show that Markle's series came in at a similar ranking to BBC's 'Peaky Blinders' — which was released in 2014. 6 Meghan Markle's Netflix show has failed to rank among the platform's top 300 most-watched titles between January and June 2025. JAKE ROSENBERG/NETFLIX The 'Suits' alum, 43, released her series, which boasts eight episodes roughly 30 minutes long, on March 4. The program showed the former actress offer up a how-to guide for entertaining as she shared her tips and tricks for hosting at home with appearances from several of her celebrity pals, including Abigail Spencer and Mindy Kaling. While its initial release seemed promising in terms of stats after it shot into Netflix's global top 10 within 24 hours, latest figures show that interest in the series quickly waned after its hype died down. Not to mention, the series was filmed at an $8 million farmhouse not belonging to Markle, has since been bashed by critics and earned lower viewership numbers than her and her husband's 2022 series 'Harry & Meghan' — with IMDB giving it just 3.2 out of 10. 6 The Duchess of Sussex's eight-part series, titled 'With Love, Meghan,' ranked 383rd with just 5.3 million views since its March 4 debut. JAKE ROSENBERG/NETFLIX 6 The 'Suits' alum's series boasts eight episodes roughly 30 minutes long. Netflix Still, Netflix greenlit the series for Season 2 and already filmed the episodes. The negative feedback was echoed by a slew of critics from both US and UK publications, with the Guardian's TV writer Stuart Heritage calling the series 'pointless,' adding that it should be the couple's 'last TV show.' The Sussexes signed a lucrative $100 million deal with the streamer in 2020. 6 The program showed the former actress offer up a how-to guide for entertaining as she shared her tips and tricks for hosting at home. JAKE ROSENBERG/NETFLIX 6 The series featured appearances from several of her celebrity pals, including Abigail Spencer and Mindy Kaling. AP They came out with their five-part 'Harry & Meghan' docuseries in 2022, while Prince Harry's 'Polo' doc — which also got a scathing reception from critics — dropped in December 2024. Elsewhere, Radio Times columnist Caroline Frost wrote that Markle failed to 'reimagine the genre of lifestyle programming' with her series, while the Telegraph editor Anita Singh said the show is 'an exercise in narcissism, filled with extravagant brunches, celebrity pals and business plugs.' The negative reviews were echoed by the Independent's writer Katie Rosseinsky, who gave 'With Love, Meghan' a one-star review and called the series 'queasy and exhausting.' Additionally, the series was slammed by Markle's estranged half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr., who took aim at the alleged 'malarkey stories' the duchess shared about her childhood. Follow along with The Post's live blog on everything you need to know about the British royal family. Many critics also slammed the duchess for not being relatable — feedback she has since responded to. 'Don't they know my life hasn't always been like this?' she said at the TIME100 Summit in NYC in April, reminding New York Times food writer Julia Moskin in an interview that she was not always married to a prince. 6 Netflix greenlit the series for Season 2 and already filmed the episodes. JAKE ROSENBERG/NETFLIX The As Ever founder and her husband have also executive-produced Netflix's docuseries 'Live to Lead,' which focused on trailblazers around the world. The project was closely followed by 'Heart of Invictus,' a documentary following athletes preparing for the Harry-founded Invictus Games, which aired in August 2023.
Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Meghan Markle's 'worrying' plans to 'outshine' royals that left Palace terrified
The Duchess of Sussex has openly admitted her struggles when adjusting to royal life, but one royal author says her plans when operating as a working royal left Buckingham Palace worried Meghan Markle's life changed overnight when she met Prince Harry, and it's no secret that she struggled to adjust to royal life before the couple's self-exile to the States. And she's not the only one who found life inside palace walls a heavy cross to bear. The late Queen's sister, Princess Margaret, famously resented playing "second fiddle" her whole life, and Prince Philip's world was upended when Elizabeth II suddenly became monarch. Princess Diana 's painful divorce led to her suffering with depression, for which she claimed she got no support from the royal family. Despite struggling with the contraints of royal life at times, few would try to break the mould in an establishment that prides itself on tradition. But not only did the Duchess of Sussex try to map out her own personal career as a working royal, she also tried to 'outshine' other royals - including the late Queen - according to a royal author. Tom Quinn, writing in his royal biography Yes Ma'am, claims that Meghan sparked panic in the Palace during her short stint as a working royal when she indicated that she wanted to operate separately from the Queen. The author penned: " Buckingham Palace became really worried when they became aware that Meghan had plans for her life as a working royal that were not going to be part of a general strategy agreed with the staff – she just wanted to do her own thing. "Which is fair enough if you're not a member of a tightly controlled institution, but it was never going to be acceptable that Meghan should outshine Princess Anne, Prince Charles [as he then was] and Elizabeth the Queen." Speaking to the author, a former courtier for the late Queen said: "Elizabeth always had to be the centre and focus of everything the Royal Family did and I don't think Meghan understood why that had to make her do things she didn't want to do. "She didn't understand that when you join the Royal Family, you don't do as you please, you do as you're told. In a sense, you become a servant of the family." According to insiders quoted in the book, Meghan found it hard to get her head around the many protocols and traditions associated with the Firm - and she allegedly had a scathing assessment of the senior members. Quinn writes: "Meghan really disliked the hierarchy," a member of her former team said. "Many of the rules do seem pretty pointless and exist only so that the relative status of each senior royal is protected. And the senior royals are such a sensitive bunch — if one gets a gold pen or a new car, they all want one. Meghan thought they behaved like babies." The Sussexes recalled Meghan's introduction to royal life in their six-part Netflix docuseries, Harry & Meghan, and discussed her first meeting with the late Queen after they began dating in 2016. "My grandmother was the first senior member of the family that Meghan met," Prince Harry said in the docuseries. "She had no idea what it all consisted of. So it was a bit of a shock to the system for her." Meghan then shared that while they were on their way to meet the Queen, Prince Harry asked her if she knew how to curtsy. "We were in the car, driving and he's like: 'You know how to curtsy right?' and I just thought it was a joke," the Duchess admitted. Prince Harry acknowledged the difficulty of explaining royal protocol to his American girlfriend, saying: "How do you explain that to people? How do you explain that you bow to your grandmother? And that you would need to curtsy, especially to an American. That's weird." Meghan also compared curtsying to Medieval Times, Dinner and Tournament, a dinner theatre featuring medieval-style games, and joked that "Americans will understand this". She then recreated the deep curtsy she gave to the Queen, bowing her head dramatically and spreading her arms wide. "It was like that. Like, I curtsied as though I was like… pleasure to meet you, Your Majesty," she said. Her reenactment drew some criticism from viewers who claimed that the Duchess was being "disrespectful" towards tradition.
Newsweek
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
How Meghan Markle's US Popularity Compares to Royals
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Meghan Markle's popularity in the United States has had highs and lows in the five years since she moved back to America from Britain. Currently, she has a positive net favorability score, but it has not always been that way after backlash in the aftermath of Prince Harry's book Spare and their Netflix show Harry & Meghan. Markle still has not recovered the level of popularity she enjoyed before the couple's 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview, but she is broadly on positive terms with the U.S. public. Meghan Markle's Popularity Before Oprah U.S. polling on the popularity of the royals is rare compared to Britain, but not non-existent. YouGov has conducted a number of surveys over the years, including in November 2020. Markle was liked by 57 percent and disliked by 30 percent, giving her a net approval rating of plus 27. This compared to Prince Harry at +40, Princess Kate at +49, Prince William at +54 and King Charles III at -13. The couple's rift with the monarchy had not yet fully exploded into the public domain and they had only recently signed their Netflix deal that September. There had, though, been public backlash after Markle called for the "change we all need and deserve" on behalf of former first lady Michelle Obama's "When All Women Vote" initiative in the run-up to the presidential election that toppled President Donald Trump that month. In January 2020, YouGov asked Americans whether they supported or opposed Harry and Meghan stepping back from the monarchy. Exactly half supported the move, 7 percent opposed it and 43 percent answered "don't know." On March 5, 2021, as teasers from Oprah's interview began to drop, YouGov asked whether people were mostly sympathetic to the royals or the Sussexes. At that point, 29 percent backed the Sussexes and 13 percent backed Queen Elizabeth II and the royals, while most said either "both," "neither," "don't know" or "not applicable." Meghan Markle at The Paley Center for Media fall gala at the Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons hotel, in Beverly Hills, California, on December 4, 2024. Meghan Markle at The Paley Center for Media fall gala at the Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons hotel, in Beverly Hills, California, on December 4, 2024. Leon Bennett/FilmMagic Meghan's Popularity After Oprah On March 8, 2021, YouGov conducted a snap poll immediately after its broadcast that showed 68 percent of Americans had sympathy for Harry and Meghan compared to 27 percent who had either not very much or none. This compared to 28 percent who had sympathy for the royals and 68 percent who had either not very much or none. In other words, Americans initially appeared to take Harry and Meghan's side in the immediate aftermath of the interview. By, May 2022, however, YouGov ran further polling that showed a slump in Meghan's net favorability ratings. Meghan was liked by 45 percent of Americans and disliked by 36 percent, giving her a net approval rating of +9. A drop of 18 points compared to November 2020 may seem sharp, but she remained in positive numbers and the slump was significantly less severe than in Britain, where she dropped deep into negative territory. Meanwhile, Harry dropped to plus 18, a 22-point slide, Kate slipped to plus 36, William to plus 31 and Charles crept up to minus 7. Queen Camilla was at minus 13. Meghan's Popularity Around Spare and Netflix Redfield & Wilton conducted further polling on behalf of Newsweek on December 5, 2022, days out from the release of the couple's Harry & Meghan biopic and three months after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. At that time, 43 percent of Americans liked Meghan and she was disliked by 20 percent, meaning a net approval rating of plus 23. Harry was at plus 38, Kate plus 43 and William plus 40, while Charles was at plus 12 and Camilla minus 2. However, the couple crashed in the aftermath of Prince Harry's memoir Spare and Netflix in the eyes of the U.S. public. Further polling by Redfield & Wilton for Newsweek on January 16 showed Meghan dropped 36 points, after she was liked by 26 percent of Americans and disliked by 39 percent, giving her a net approval rating of -13. Harry dropped 45 points to minus 7, while Kate slipped to plus 26, William to plus 21, Charles to plus 8 and Camilla to minus 8. Meghan's Popularity in 2025 YouGov's most recent polling of Americans came in April, when 41 percent liked Meghan and 26 percent disliked her, giving a net rating of plus 15. Meanwhile, Harry was at plus 35, Kate was at plus 43, William was at plus 53, Charles was at plus 21 and Camilla was at minus seven. In summary, Meghan has consistently polled behind William, Kate and Harry and in front of Camilla. She has mostly polled ahead of King Charles except in the most recent poll, in which he did unusually well. While she may not command figures as strong as her brother-in-law and sister-in-law, she has substantially bounced back from her lowest point in the aftermath of Spare. She has not, though, regained the high ratings she enjoyed before Oprah, in November 2020. Jack Royston is chief royal correspondent for Newsweek, based in London. You can find him on X, formerly Twitter, at @jack_royston and read his stories on Newsweek's The Royals Facebook page. Do you have a question about King Charles III, William and Kate, Meghan and Harry, or their family that you would like our experienced royal correspondents to answer? Email royals@ We'd love to hear from you.
Cosmopolitan
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Fans think Meghan Markle just revealed the sweet gift she's sending to Queen Camilla as an olive branch
It's no secret that Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have sadly had a strained relationship with the other members of the Royal Family, including Harry's father King Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla. But, after recent reports that members of staff for both the Sussexes and the monarch had a clandestine meeting, it seems the Duchess may have just gone one step further in giving hope of a reconciliation. Over on her Instagram Stories, Meghan shares that her lifestyle brand, As Ever, now has it's very own rosé wine offering, as well as jams, decorative edible flowers and more, and told her four million followers that she was sending a case of wine out as a special birthday gift. The caption accompanying the video of the Duchess unscrewing the case of wine? "Sending birthday love – (both near and far) to my ladies" with a white heart emoji, leading fans to speculate that Queen Camilla, who turns 78 today, could be one of the lucky recipients. Meghan and Camilla haven't been pictured in public together since Queen the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on 19 September 2022, and since then it's unfortunately no secret that she and Harry have broken away from the rest of the royal family (something they've discussed in their Netflix show, Harry & Meghan, and which Harry wrote about in his book, Spare). Elsewhere, the Prince and Princess of Wales' Instagram account shared the recent portrait of the Queen Consort released by the Palace for her birthday on their Stories, with the joyful message: "Happy Birthday to Her Majesty! 🎂" Here's hoping whether the wine made it to her post box or not, that Camilla has a great day of celebrations. Jennifer Savin is Cosmopolitan UK's multiple award-winning Features Editor, who was crowned Digital Journalist of the Year for her work tackling the issues most important to young women. She regularly covers breaking news, cultural trends, health, the royals and more, using her esteemed connections to access the best experts along the way. She's grilled everyone from high-profile politicians to A-list celebrities, and has sensitively interviewed hundreds of people about their real life stories. In addition to this, Jennifer is widely known for her own undercover investigations and campaign work, which includes successfully petitioning the government for change around topics like abortion rights and image-based sexual abuse. Jennifer is also a published author, documentary consultant (helping to create BBC's Deepfake Porn: Could You Be Next?) and a patron for Y.E.S. (a youth services charity). Alongside Cosmopolitan, Jennifer has written for The Times, Women's Health, ELLE and numerous other publications, appeared on podcasts, and spoken on (and hosted) panels for the Women of the World Festival, the University of Manchester and more. In her spare time, Jennifer is a big fan of lipstick, leopard print and over-ordering at dinner. Follow Jennifer on Instagram, X or LinkedIn.
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First Post
14-07-2025
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- First Post
Harry-Meghan latest update: Why Prince & Markle are clinging on to ‘His Royal Highness' titles?
Keeping their kid's future in mind, Harry and Meghan has no plans to let go of their 'His Royal Highness' titles. No plans to deny their kids Royal privileges. read more In 2020, Harry and Meghan stepped down as working royals. But decided to retain the 'His Royal Highness' titles for their two children. They moved to the U.S. in 2020 by washing a lot of dirty linin in public of the British Royal family and blamed the British Royal media too for the toxicity and Harry too stated in the Netflix controversial show, 'Harry & Meghan', how the British press often acted the PR arm of the royal family. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD According to reports published in a source close to the couple explained that the prince plans to keep the title for Archie and Lilibet and leave them with the choice to become working royals or pursue other interests when they get older. However, the report claimed, that the possibility of William holding his grudge with over their kids is somewhat high. Archie and Lilibet got their titles after their grandfather became King Archie and Lilibet didn't immediately become prince and princess at birth, as they were not grandchildren of a monarch at the time. Charles was not a king yet. However, after King Charles took over as the head of the monarchy, Archie and Lilibet got their titles. Spencer as their children'2s last name as backup plan Harry shared recently that he approached his maternal uncle, Earl Spencer, for advice on a backup surname if the royal surname doesn't through. According to the yahoo report, the conversation happened on Harry's recent trip to the United Kingdom. Harry reportedly asked Earl for permission to officially adopt Spencer as his children's last name if the family insisted on refusing Sussex as a replacement for their traditional last name. However, his uncle advised against making such a move, and it appears Harry's patience paid off. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD
