Feb. 24, 2025

Is Meghan Markle overexposed asks the podcast that talks about her every day?

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One theory is that because of all the Instagram posts, the LA fires, the Vancouver PDA....everyone is sick of Meghan before the Netflix series even comes out.

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Calorogu Shark Media, Heallo and Welcome to Palace Intury Again

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host Mark Francis, where author Tom Queen tells the son

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Harry just doesn't have anything to do. From childhood, he

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has been trained to be a royal, attending charitable events

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and meeting the public. He has thrown all that away.

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Friends say he's made a decent stab at helping around

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the Montecito mansion, walking the dog and looking after the children,

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but claimed, but the truth is he is bored. You

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can't leave the mansion without a security detail, and the

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couple's neighbors, many of whom are far more famous than

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the royal couple, take little notice when they spot Harry

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out and about. Meanwhile, the attention is on Meghan and

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her latest business venture. In The Guardian, Emma Brooks writes

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under the headline Meghan's rebranded herself and it's another valiant

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attempt to flog poshners to the little people. Emma writes

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it's hard not to study the rollout of as Ever

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for signs of the widening gap between Megan's self image

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and how the rest of the world sees her. As Ever,

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writes The Duchess on Instagram meaning as it's always been,

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or some even say in the same way as always

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in this sentence, apparently referring to the Dictionary definition of

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a two word phrase that no one has ever had

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trouble understanding. It's ridiculous, of course, as is the hello

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little people tone adopted by the format Royal Highness, in

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keeping with the general attitude of the famous towards the unfamous,

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namely one of stating the bleeding obvious, as though sharing

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the key to existence. Still, I find myself sympathizing with Meghan, who,

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in her Instagram post and its accompanying video, faces the

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star challenge of having to pad out thin material. This

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is what I do, she says to the camera, and

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I haven't been able to share it with you for

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the past few years, but now I can. What is

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the it here and what has stopped her from sharing it?

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It may involve jam This did her previous brand, which

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she launched by sending limited edition jars of preserved too,

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among others, Chris Jenna, Mindy Kayling, and Tracy Ellis Ross

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who apparently got a fresh bag of lemons. Anyway, whatever

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the content, she hints darkly at some whispers abroad that

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forced her to jump the gun, and she had news

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of as ever before she was ready, because I wanted

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you to hear it from me first. We were curious

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if perhaps the firm was somehow interfering in Meghan's jam

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and dog biscuits business, and checked him with out Royal

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insider Deep Crown, who texted back the Palace has far

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weightier matters on its gilt edged plate and monitoring jam

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jars across the Atlantic. His Majesty's daily red boxes aren't

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exactly bursting with updates on American preserves. Let me assure

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you there's scarcely a whispered mention of lifestyle brands. The Commonwealth,

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diplomatic relations with Washington, and the careful management of the

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Monarchy's future take precedence over any commercial venture, no matter

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how 'tismal. Continuing with Emma's Peace, the celebrity lifestyle space

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is crowded, ferocious, and notoriously fickle. Meghan is a minnow

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in these waters. But of course she has her own

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secret weapon she isn't jay about using. In the new video,

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she deploys good old Harry to hold up the camera

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phone and drop a few posh tones. Is this the

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thing on to remind us that even if as Ever

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isn't royal exactly, it is at least royal adjacent. The

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new name is clearly you reach for something classy and

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more timeless than its predecessor, American Riviera Orchard, which sounded

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like a range of centered gift baskets you'll find at

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a discount shopping outlet, or the pair's charity arm archwell

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a play on their son's name. Both brands have an aspirant,

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lower middle class vibe about them, which it would be

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rude to point out, where if it not for the

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fact that Harry and Meghan trade on class is part

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of their branding, there is something akin to pathos in

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the videos they find painful to watch. Meghan's or shunks

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I Know You'd Love Me tone assumes not only good will,

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but abject fandom on the part of the audience, which

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I suspect is at least fifty percent made up of

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those who regard her not only critically, but we're downright

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Derision pr expert Renee Smith cautions Megan not to post

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to social media too much, telling the Express it's not

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necessarily a bad strategy, but it depends on what she's

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trying to achieve. As we've already outlined, the Netflix show

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isn't designed for mass appeal. It's for fans and those

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curious enough to watch, whether out of admiration or fascination.

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If the goal is to deepenn engagement with those audiences,

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then frequent and candid posting can help reinforce their connection.

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If this is a shift towards positioning itself as a

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more relatable and open public figure, then the approach feels

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somewhat contradictory to the brand narrative she's spent years crafting.

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If she were to address it directly, something along the

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lines of I once valued privacy, but I've realized I

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want to share as long as it's on my own terms,

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it might help reconcile the disconnect. Otherwise, there's always going

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to be that undercurrent of skepticism. You wanted to be

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left alone, but now you're sharing everything online, even children.

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That contradiction will always be difficult to reconcile in the

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public iry. The risk here is overexposure. Megan has spent

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years trying to balance the narrative that she values privacy

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while also maintaining public interest in her brand. A sudden

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surge of posts, particularly ones tied to personal or emotional moments,

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can feeding to the existing criticism that she really craves attention,

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but only on her own terms and in her own way,

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which has come to the detriment of the Royal Family, etc.

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I don't believe this is an active attempt to salvage

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her image ahead of the show, but I do think

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there's an element of subconscious over compensation. If there were

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real concerns about the show's performance, a more structured pr

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approach would likely be in place, pre arranged interviews, calculated

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content rollouts, and carefully craft messaging. This, however, feels less

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planned and more instinctive, which suggests she's posting because she

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wants to, not necessarily because she needs to. If the

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Dog Biscuits cooking show, or even that podcast she's supposedly

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doing for Lemonade and Media don't work out, Meghan can

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always return to the world of suits. Suit's creator Aaron

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Coorsh was at the premiere of Suits LA and was

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asked about a cameo by the Touches of Sussex. Of course,

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said so look to me, we have the thought about

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whether it be Megan or any of the other cast

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members coming on and playing them an actor. I think

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for me that's a little my brain blows up at

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the thought of that, so I think it blows up

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the world too much. Obviously, if Meghan wants to come back,

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under any circumstances, Meghan can come back More Palace in

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just a moment. While Meghan soorts out her business. Kate

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and William are returning to work after a week long

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holiday on the Caribbean island of Mustique. Kensington Palace has

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announced that the couple will carry out a joint visit

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to Pontypridd in South Wales on Wednesday, ahead of Saint

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David's Day on the first of March. William and Kate

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will meet members of the community affected by the severe

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flooding caused by Storm Burt and Storm Dura in December.

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The royal family traditionally attend the Commonwealth Day Service at

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Westminster Abbey, taking place on March tenth. It has not

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yet been confirmed whether the Prince and Princess of Wales

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will be in attendance this year. Possible former Royal sex

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bomb Princess Anne recently made an appearance bundled up in

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a padded black puffer jacket, an uncharacteristically relaxed look for

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the famously known nonsense royal, But before anyone could assume

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she was softening and quickly pivoted, two days later, while

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handing out rosettes at a farm in Buxton, she arrived

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in a sharply tailored black coat since to the waist

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with a plush fur collar, a reminder that while she

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may be practical, she's never careless about her presentation. This is,

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after all, a woman who was once dubbed a royal

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sex bond yes before Kate and Meghan dominated the fashion

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conversation and had her own moment in the spotlight in

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the nineteen seventies. Her effortless elegance, sharp cheekbones, and no

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fuss glamour earned her that very title from the press.

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And in the fact that she was an Olympian, a

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fearless horsewoman, and possessed the sort of cool detachment that

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could make any suitors sweat, it's easy to see why

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she was considered a royal hearth thrub of her time,

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