Feb. 11, 2025
Meghan Markle's new Netflix show reportedly not really about cooking
An insider says, "It’s a very magical and beautiful guide to hosting and entertaining rather than a how-to cookery show. It’s about inspiration – more like, “Why not try and make this kind of pasta or this kind of dessert”.
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Calorouga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallas Intrigue. I
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am your host, Mark Francis. Meghan Michael's latest project, With
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Love Meghan, set to premiere on Netflix on March fourth,
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is stirring up quite a bit of attention, merely for
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its clear emphasis on her personal brand and the noticeable
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absence of her family. According to sources who have seen
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the series, it marks a distinct shift in Meghan and
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Harry's public narrative, further solidifying their brand separation, despite recent
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divorce rumors suggesting that the couple has pivoted from that strategy.
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The eighth part show is not the cookery series many
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were expecting, but rather a lifestyle guide centered around entertaining
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and hosting. In with Love, Meghan, Harry and their children
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Harchie and Lillibert are barely mentioned or shown. Instead, the
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spotlight has soul on Megan. A source explained that Harry
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isn't in it at all. It's all her, and it's
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all about her. It's very watchable. There is no point
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at which Megan says, take two hundred grams of flour
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or anything like that. It's a very magical and beautiful
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guide to hosting and entertaining rather than a how to
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cookery show. It's about inspiration, more like why not try
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and make this kind of past or this kind of dessert?
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Harry isn't in it. Meghan has assembled a guest list
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that includes actress Mindy Kaling, fashion designer Tracy Robbins, and
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Delphina Blakie, the wife of polo player Nacho figeris one
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of Harry's close friends. While the docuseries Harry and Meghan
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garnered significant attention due to its explosive claims about the
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royal family, subsequent projects have struggled to maintain the same momentum.
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The couple's earlier ventures, such as Harry's polo focused series We're,
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seen as failures. Harry's outlandish show ideas like interviewing psychopaths,
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has raised eyebrows among industry and scientists. The Daily Mail's
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Allison Boshoff writes, with Meghan's new adventure, previously rumored to
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be a cookery show, viewers might have been expecting her
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to reinvent herself as a Nigella style kitchen goddess for
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a new generation, But according to sources who have seen
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a preview of the series The Duchess of Sussex won't
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be going through a recipe step by step and measuring
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out ingredients. Screened by Netflix, It is likely to be
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the final project in Meghan and Prince Harry's one hundred
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million dollar deal with the US streaming giant, In what
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could be seen as a bad omen for their Netflix
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contract negotiations, Harry and Meghan were recently mocked at Netflix's
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twenty twenty five season launch event. Comedian John malineiyquipped about
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Netflix's investment in their projects, saying not since Harry and
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Meghan has Netflix given more money to someone without a
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specific plan. Additionally, Megan's a recent social media activity, including
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the revival of her Instagram account, has faced ridicule. One
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of her recent posts, where she proudly shared a story
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about buying a Billie Eilish t shirt for a teenager
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whose family had lost their home in the La Fias,
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has sparked widespread mockery and criticism. There also seems to
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be a lack of any updates regarding production of her
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podcast for Lemonade Media. Buckingham Palace has confirmed that the
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King and Queen will undertake state visits to Italy and
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the Vatican in early April, marking a significant diplomatic engagement
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between the UK and Italy. Their itineraries include meetings with
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Pope Francis that the Vatican as part of the Catholic
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Church's Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee Year, as well as visits
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to Rome and the city of Ravenna, renowned for its
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early Christian mosaics. The trip follows previous overseas engagements by
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their Majesties, including visits to Germany and France, underscoring ongoing
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diplomatic efforts post Brexit. Malania Trump has been compared to
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the late Queen Elizabeth by her official photographer, Regime Mohoe,
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who highlighted her composed and dignified nature. Mahoe drew a
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parallel to the late monarch's well known ability to engage
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with those around her. She's a different person than she
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was eight years ago and has always been true to herself,
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Mohoe said, adding that she does not complain remains steadfast
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in her role. Donald Trump has previously spoken highly Queen Elizabeth,
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often referring to her as fantastic and great, more palasing
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just a moment in the Daily Mail, Richard Eden writes,
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when the brother of our head of state, who was
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still on the public payroll at the time he sent
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these emails apparently misleads the nation in a television interview
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with the BBC, the matter cannot simply be brushed under
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the carpet. Not only does Andrew remain eighth in line
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to the throne, he is a member of the Order
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of the Garter, our highest order of chivalry. Until twenty
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twenty two, the councilors of State were Queen Camilla, Prince
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William Harry, Prince Andrew, and his elder daughter, Princess Beatrice.
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Later that year, the King asked Parliament to add his
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sister Princess Anne and brother Prince Edward to the list.
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The Dukes of York and Sussex are no longer working royals,
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nor as Beatrice. Yet it was reported that the King
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decided not to remove Andrew and Harry as counselors of
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state because he didn't want to exacerbate family tensions. Andrew
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chose to give an interview because he foolishly imagined it
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would help salvage his reputation. His nephew, the Duke of Sussex, however,
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appears to hope that giving interviews is a route to
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making more money. Prince Harran Meghan's sofa talk with Oprah
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in twenty twenty one, for example, was meant to launch
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them as a new power couple in Hollywood. Despite all
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that Harry has done to damage the monarchy, who remains
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fifth in line of succession as well as Counselor of State.
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The time has come now for the King to inform
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Parliament that his younger son and his brother Andrew are
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to be removed as Counselors of State and struck off
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the line of succession. This needs to happen before they
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do yet more damage to the monarchy. A school named
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after Andrew is changing its name. Prince Andrew's School on
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the remote British Overseas territory of Saint Helena is undergoing
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a major rebranding as staff seek to distance it from
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its controversial namesake. The island's only secondary school is asking
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pupils to suggest a new, more neutral name following what
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officials describe as a recent public controversy and negative media
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coverage surrounding the Duke of York. Located in the South
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Atlantic Ocean, approximately one one hundred and sixty five miles
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west of mainland African Saint Helena is best known as
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the site of Napoleon Bonaparte's exile after his defeat at
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the Battle of Waterloo. And there you have it. If
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