Just how did Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, become the most hated woman in the world?

0:03 Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue. I'm your host, Mark Francis. In the standard tenure, Gold asks So just how did Meghan Markel, Duchess of Sussex become the most hated woman in the world, Tanya writes, When I think of Megan, I think before she was an actress, she was a calligrapher, which is a search for beauty, for perfection in the mundane. And there is something touching and heartbreaking about that. Due to a media as obsessed with royalty as it is unwilling to admit how unhealthy this is. Princesses Cell dead, Princess sell More, Meghan is now an archetype, a thing existing to be projected onto and controlled. This is the royal fate. You can buy a Prince William Dole on Amazon or in Elizabeth the Second Puzzle. They are toys and if they don't want to go mad, they must know they are toys. The show is silly and sad. There are many scenes of very thin women eating and praising each other. Meghan, raised in meritocratic America, obviously doesn't like this. Who would, and so, with love Megan should be called Megan fights back with salads and profits from the content herself. They need the money to pay for security. This is the essential fact of their lives. But she doesn't have the confidence to be this honest, and that is the most irritating thing about her. I should like to see her rage. I want honesty from royals, not play acting. But I am a Republican. Megan is passive aggressive rather than openly raging,

1:37 and so she will toss her lifestyle at our heads as vengeance. And on the whole I think we asked for it. It's a shame she needs to impersonate a trad wife in someone else's kitchen to do it, but needs must. She is obviously too frightened to act in films nowadays. Instead she plays an American princess in a rival court across the sea in Britain. She is hated for it, and the reason why is complex and awful. I know the show is silly and sad. There are many scenes of very thin women eating and praising each other as in a support group. But I also know that Meghan won't be judged on the merits of it, which are essentially it is pretty. She makes a balloon arch for a children's birthday party that no children attend.

2:19 Meghan is silly. I don't trust any feminists with an hermare's blanket. But she is no sillier than any other Californian actress with a rich husband and a taste for the lifestyle. Arts as a substitute for real culture. But she never stood a chance. I grew up in British tabloid land, and their expectations cannot be met by Meghan of Montecito, who ran away and tried to tell her truth. That is her original sin. Truth. It's a shame it's sunk to a cookery show, but the pretty walls closing in. PR expert Edward Coran James has weighed in suggesting Meghan has two paths forward in the wake of With Love Meghan's lukewarm reception. Speaking to The Express, corm James pointed out that Meghan appears happy in the series and enjoying her lavish Montecito lifestyle while surrounded by close friends and family.

3:06 He compared her approach to that of Brooklyn Beckham, dabbling in different ventures without a clear expertise, but argued that this isn't necessarily a bad thing. The real question, he suggested, is whether Megan cares about the criticism. Perhaps she simply won't care about the reviews and expected bad feedback if she has any self awareness, he noted. If so, the best course of action might be to ignore them and continue doing what she does best, making headlines as she continues her journey post royal life. Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams meanwhile, has suggested a few changes for the upcoming second season with Love Meghan, which reportedly was already filmed but maybe being re edited. Given the feedback to the first season, he believes the show would benefit from appearances by genuine A listers like Samena Williams or Oprah Winfrey, a more prominent role for Prince Harry, and even involvement from their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. Fitzwilliams also advised that Megan toned down the gushing praise from her guests, which has been widely marked an op ad in essence explains Megan Michael's new show is not for you. Victoria Amarogi writes, I like how carefree she seems. It's been a while since Meghan was consistently in the public eye, and when she was she had an experience none of us can connect to or even imagine. She was a member of the royal family attempting to have an impact while carrying out official duties in the UK and internationally and representing a new chapter, one that was supposed to be a better mirror, a more diverse society for the Royals. But

4:38 she was miserable. She has been through it and in order to be with her husband, she has to give up a lot. He also eventually had to give up a great deal, pretty much everything, just for the family to find some peace and calm in Los Angeles. So if Sis wants to show me how to take store bought flowers and make them into my own fancy mancy creation, because my friends are coming by to Kiki, I will support Palace Intriguve. Herrade back began. Michael's former friend Pierre Guru nick Eid has shed light on her life before meeting Prince Harry, revealing that she once explored acting opportunities in the UK, including the possibility of performing on the West End. Speaking on Hello's a Right Royal podcast, he suggested that Megan's career could have taken a very different path had she not met Harry. Even hinting that she was once advised to consider pantomime roles, he recalled, we actually became pretty good friends. We spent a lot of time together. She asked me to find her an agent.

5:38 At the time, she was going to be on suits. She had three or four months where she could kind of do what she wanted to do. She'd seen other celebrities go into the West End and offer them a short run, so she wanted to do that. So I took her around to see some agents. I won't name the agent who we took her to, but he was very pompous and he turned around to her and he said, ah, I can't really imagine you on the West End stage, but do you know David Hazelhoff And she was like, yeah, I know David Hazelhoff. Well, he makes a lot of money in pantomim and I can see you in pantomime. Id admittedly said they eventually lost touch, joking. I got the Piers Morgan treatment in the end. In the Telegraph, Alison Peterson writes, I hate to think what the late Queen would have made of with love Megan. The Sussexes were explicitly told not to exploit their royal titles, but ambitious Meghan couldn't care less. Some may WinCE at the cutesy title, but I guess you can see why they rejected the more obvious alternatives, rich women with too much time on her hands or Marie Antoinette two point zero.

6:41 There is a definite Last Queen of France vibe about this series, in which the Duchess of Sussex floats about him miles of designer white linen, affecting a longing for the simple, homespun life, plus peasants to launder the white linen. Clearly no flock of perfumed sheep with individual name tags in Meghan's trademark calligraphy so far, but give it time. Is it as bad as we feared? Oh? Far worse than that, dear reader, But at least it has the makings of an accidental comedy classic. The sole Sussex project to deliver the box office was Harry and Meghan, a no holds barred documentary series in which the gruesome Tusom solved the family secrets and wind it inordinate length about Harry's brother, royal protocol and the racist British Empire. All the Windsors gave them was a thirty two million pound wedding, glittering titles, the affection of the British people and access to unimaginable privilege. Poor mites. I hate to think what o beloved late Queen, who specifically forbade the Sussexes to exploit their royal titles, would think. If love is in the detail, then so it's opposite. There are some characters that all the flower pedals in the world cannot sweeten.

7:46 And there you have it. Play email us addresses the Palace Intrigue at a gmail dot com. Please follow us on Spotify, Apple or the app of your choice and leave us a review of five stars. If you're enjoying the show, don't forget. We have a new series out from Callaoga Shark Media. It's called Weight Smoke The Path to a New Pope. Very tamely and historical and cool look at the people election process. Get that whereever you get your podcasts. Weight Smoke Mind frantis my thanks to Joe McDermott. This is Power's Intrigue. Good terms