Jan. 21, 2026

Meghan Markle's Netflix Show Gets the Axe!

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Meghan Markle’s Netflix series With Love, Meghan is not coming back for a third season after failing to crack the streamer’s Top Ten, with sources saying her focus has shifted to smaller lifestyle projects tied to As Ever. Meanwhile, Prince Harry returns to the High Court for day two of his legal battle with the publisher of the Daily Mail, as lawyers clash over allegations of phone hacking, surveillance and sourcing. Add fresh scrutiny of a Sussex dance video from a body language expert, more Montecito family content on social media, and King Charles stepping into the spotlight with a Windsor Castle film premiere and a discounted Burns Night at Highgrove, and it’s another busy morning for the House of Windsor.

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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue Game,

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your host Mark Francis. Sadly, Megan Michael's Netflix series will

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not be returning for a third season, according to reports,

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after the second run failed to break into the platform's

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top ten. The Duchess of Sussex launched her cooking and

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lifestyle show with Love Megan last year, releasing two seasons

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of eight episodes. Each Viewer reaction was mixed, with critics

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and audiences alike offering sharp criticism, and the second season

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struggled to gain traction when it premiered in August, and

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Inside A told Page six it's not returning as a series.

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There have been conversations about holiday specials, but there's nothing

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in the works yet. The source added that Megan is

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now focusing on promoting her lifestyle brand as Ever in

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what were described as more bite sized ways. Netflix is

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still understood to have a relationship with Megan through her

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brand as Eva, which could be incorporated into future holiday programming.

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The Sussexes also continued to hold a first look deal

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with the platform, even as reports suggest their broader overall

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deal is winding down. The Netflix series joins two podcasts

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as examples of megan media that did not last long.

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The second day of the High Court trial brought by

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Harry against Associated Newspapers Limited, began on Tuesday morning, with

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the Prince arriving at the Royal Courts of Justice shortly

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after ten o'clock. The Duke, who was one of seven

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high profile figures suing the publisher of The Daily Mail

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and Mail on Sunday, was accompanied by members of his

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legal team and was seen smiling at supporters outside the court.

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Has proceedings resumed. Actress Elizabeth Hurley also attended court in person.

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Harry and Hurley were the only two claimants to appear

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in person on both Monday and Tuesday. Inside court, barrister

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David Sherburne, representing the claimants, continued opening submissions. He told

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the court that Prince Harry's personal watershed moment came in

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twenty twenty when he learned about admissions made by private investigators.

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Sherburne said the Duke had previously believed denials given on

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oath by former Daily Mail editor Paul Daker at the

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Levison inquiry, adding as a result, to use the all

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important phrase from authorities, the Duke of Sussex, was put

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off the scent. The court also heard the articles at

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the center of Harry's claim, published between twenty one and thirteen,

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focused primarily and in a highly intrusive and damaging way,

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on his personal relationships prior to meeting Megan, the Duchess

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of Sussex. Sherburne said the reporting involved tracking Harry's movements,

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Noting the potentially serious security implications in written evidence already submitted,

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The Duke said it was disturbing to feel that my

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every move thought or feeling was being tracked so the

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publisher could make money out of it. The court was

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told this left him feeling paranoid beyond belief and placed

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a massive strain on his personal relationships. As the court

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adjourned for lunch, Prince Hary was seen leaving the building.

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When proceedings resumed in the afternoon, both Harry and Elizabeth

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Hurley were no longer present in the court room. During

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the afternoon session, Associated Newspapers barrister Anthony White KC. Began

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setting out the defense case. He told the court that

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the publisher rejects the allegations on both factual and legal grounds,

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saying Associated has provided an explanation through a long series

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of witnesses of the sourcing by its journalists of the

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fifty plus articles alleged by the claimant to be the

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product of unlawful information gathering. He added, we don't pretend

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that the account is perfect and covers every detail, but

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we do say that overall it provides a compelling account

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of the pattern of legitimate sourcing of articles. White also

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argued that the claims had been brought too late and

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suggested the claimants, including the Duke of Sussex, at leaky

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social circles where information supplied by contacts press officers, publicists,

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freelance journalists and prior reporting. Closing his opening remarks for

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the day, Sherborne's said that if the claimants were successful,

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damages would need to be significant, but stressed it is

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not the claim for damages that brings these claimants here.

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It is the uncovering of the truth of what was

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done to them and associated taking accountability for that. The trial,

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which is expected to last nine weeks, continues. Prince Harry

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is due to return to High Court later this week

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to give evidence. On Thursday, a new report is dissecting

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Prince Harry and Megan Markel's latest social media post with

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a body language expert claiming the short dance video reveals

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mismatched energy between the couple. Radar online dot Com cites

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body language specialist Tracy Brown, who said he certainly isn't

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as excited or engaged in this as she is, pointing

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to the opening moments of the video where Harry stands

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with his hands in his pockets while Meghan dances toward

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him with her arms raised. Meghan captured the post when

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twenty twenty six fields just like twenty sixteen, you had

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to be there, referencing the early days of her relation

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ship with Prince Harry, alongside an old photo of the

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couple on holiday in Botswana. Brown said the contrast in

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their body language was striking, adding to start there on

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really different pages. He's looking away as she moves towards him,

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very excited with her hands in the air. Brown explained

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that raised hands often signaled heightened excitement, saying Meghan appeared

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as excited as you can get. By comparison, she described

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Harry as more restrained at the beginning, noting he does

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reach for her, but isn't nearly as excited as his

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feet as still, he does pull her close and their

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pelvises are pressed together. There's no daylight there, so that

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says they're close. She also pointed to the pair touching foreheads,

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which she said is another sign of intimacy. Brown also

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highlighted a visible jump cut in the video, suggesting something

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that's been removed. She said, there is a cut in

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the video, so something went wrong in there that they

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didn't want us to see. The expert further questioned Meghan's

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claimed that the footage was filmed by the couple's four

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year old daughter, Princess Lilla Bit. Brown said, I have

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my doubts that a four year old filmed this trained

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really nicely. She added that the only plausible explanation would

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be technical assistance, saying either way, she certainly wasn't in charge.

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Reaction online has been divided. Critics mocked the video as

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overly staged, while supporters praised the couple's affection. Meghan has

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been quite active on social Harry is Away. A new

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cliper showed the family's backyard in Montecito with outdoor chairs

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and a bin of chalk set out for drawing, before

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panning to the pool where four year old Princess Lilibet

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was seen swimming alongside her grandmother Doria Ragland. The video

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also lingered on two palm trees joined at the base,

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feature Megan previously highlighted in a twenty twenty two interview

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with The Cut. She recalled that when she and Prince

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Harry first two of the house, he remarked on the trees, saying,

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my love, it's us. Other clips showed Princess Lilibet proudly

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displaying a handwritten farmer's market list decorated with colorful drawings,

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while Prince Archie Sex was filmed feeding leaves to a rhinoceros.

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Megan also shared a photo of herself offering letters to

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a giraffe tagged the Living Desert Zoo Gardens More Palace

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in just a Moment. King Charles and Queen Camilla are

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set to attend a high profile premiere at Windsor Castle

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next week for a private screening of Prime Videos Finding

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Harmony a King's Vision. The event will take place in

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the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle, where the King and

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Queen will watch the documentary alongside invited guests and ambassadors

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from the King's Foundation. Following the screening. They will attend

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the reception in the Grand Reception Room. The film, which

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will be released globally on Prime Video on Friday, explores

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the King's long standing philosophy of harmony, a concept he

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has championed for decades through his charitable work. The screening

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will be opened by the King's Foundation ambassador and Hollywood

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actress Kate Winslet, who also narrates the film. King Charles's

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English home High Grove, is hosting a Burns a Night

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celebration this week, with tickets reduced to one hundred and

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ninety five pounds, down from two hundred and fifteen pounds

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last year. The black tie event will take place on

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Saturday at Igrove in Gloucestershire. There will be just one

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celebration this year, compared with two in previous years. The King,

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a longtime admirer of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns, traditionally

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marks Burns Night privately and is not expected to attend,

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often hosting his own gathering at Birkhall on the Boomoral Estate.

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Promotional material for the evening invites guests to embrace tradition,

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saying don your best at Tartan and raise a toast

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to Scotland's national Barred At our exclusive Burns Night black

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tie event, Guests will be welcomed with champagne based cocktail

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and canopies in the ante room, followed by a four

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course dinner prepared by Ihgrove's Orchard Room chefs using seasonal

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ingredients inspired by Scottish cuisine. The sample menu includes Scotch broth,

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so they cooked, braised lamb, Locke du Art, salmon, fish cake,

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huggas with neeps and tatties and I Grove honey poached pears.

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All proceeds from the event will go towards the King's Foundation,

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with funds reinvested into education and training programs aimed at

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developing skills and creating employment opportunities. And there you have it.

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