March 26, 2025

Meghan's new enemies: Gwyneth Paltrow, Handwriting Snobs, and a Catholic Priest

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Meghan appears to have entered what fans are now cheekily calling a “breakfast war” with Gwyneth Paltrow, after a seemingly pointed exchange of lifestyle videos sparked speculation of simmering tensions between the two Montecito neighbours.

It all began when Gwyneth posted a casual, makeup-free breakfast reel from her own kitchen. The Goop founder, clad in pyjamas, prepared bacon, eggs, and gluten-free buttermilk biscuits to the tune of Natalie Cole’s *This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)*—the same track used in promotional material for Meghan’s *With Love, Meghan*. The not-so-subtle similarities did not go unnoticed.

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Calorogus Shark Media, Hello and welcome to Palace Intury game

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host Mark Francis. Meghan appears to have entered what fans

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are now cheekily calling a breakfast war with Gwyneth Portrow

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after a seemingly pointed exchange of lifestyle videos sparked a

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speculation of simmering tensions between the two Montecito neighbors. It

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all began when Gwyneth posted a casual, make up free

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breakfast real from her own kitchen. The group founder, clad

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in pajamas, prepared bacon eggs and gluten free buttermilk biscuits

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to the tune of Natalie calls this will be an

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Everlasting love, the same track used in promotional material for

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Megan's with Love Meghan. The not so subtle similarities did

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not go unnoticed. Viewers praised Portrow's laid back, unfiltered approach,

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with one fan writing that's how to be relatable Megan.

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Another added Gwyneth Paltrow continued to throw shede and I'm

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here for it. In response, Megan appeared too fire back

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with two videos on her Instagram stories. Filming behind the camera,

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she giggled with friend Kelly mcze safegin as the Bear

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assembled a reinvented banana split breakfast using banana slices, yogurt, jam,

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fresh fruit, and granola. Megan tagged her brand as Ever,

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writing when one of your besties reinvents a banana split

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for breakfast. But the post wasn't flawless. Some fans noted

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that Megan repeatedly pleased her finger over the camera lens,

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partially obscuring the view. Still, the message seemed clear she

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was engaging subtly in a bit of tit for tat

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breakfast branding. Megan has also been criticized for her handwriting.

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Following a critical review of her Netflix series With Love

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Megan by podcaster Amanda Hirsh, the Duchess sent a handwritten

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note that has since become the subject of intense analysis

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and speculation. The note, elegantly penned on stationary embossed with

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Meghan's royal cipher, read, Dear Amanda, I heard you were

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feeling scared. Don't be That's the fun part. Let's enjoy

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it as Ever, Meghan. While Hirsch was moved by the gesture,

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calling herself a fan for life and sharing the card

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with her eight hundred ninety thousand Instagram followers. Others were

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less convinced. Leading British handwriting expert and consultant graphologist Tracy

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Trussell called Megan's penmanship unauthentic and contrived. Trussell concluded that

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the Duchess has an unusual calligraphic style, suggesting she is

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projecting a cultured image through a manufactured persona style of

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handwriting which she says lacks soul. She added, it's all

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about producing a polished performance, but it's very much style

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over substance, a pseudo sophistication. According to Trussell, the labored

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penmanship masks underlying feelings of inadequacy and showing a perfectionist streak.

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She noted that the large, dramatic flourishes, particularly on capital letters,

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indicate immense pride and vanity, as well as a craving

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for respect. The big arched loops like umbrellas on the

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capitals not only show pride in her far reaching ambitions,

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but also self protection, showing her apprehension in the face

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of anything new. Further, she claimed, the clockwork regularity of

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the writing reveals Meghan's intolerant, demanding side and stiff, inflexible

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approach to life, while the way she joins the letters

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G n H in her name demonstrates a progressive, goal

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oriented approach as well as sensitivity, and the way her

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family provides an essential root for her security. Publicity expert

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Mark Borkowski offered a more strategic interpretation, suggesting the letter

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was straight out of the PR playbook. He said, Meghan

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is at a crossroads. The well of sympathy she once

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drew from is running dry, and the PR playbook of

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handwritten notes and authentic vulnerability starting to feel like a

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well rehearsed script. The noise is deafening, but the signal,

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the compelling reason for her continued reverence, is fading. Borkowski

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also pointed to the connections between Hersh's Not Skinny but

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Not Fat podcast and Megan's wider media circle. The podcast,

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produced by Dear Media, a firm described as dedicated to

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amplifying women's voices, recently featured Meg. Megan's longtime friend and

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makeup artist Daniel Martin, who also appeared on episode one

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of With Love Megan. Former vander Pump rulestar Stassy Schroeder,

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another vocal Meghan supporter, was a guest last year, Borkowski observed,

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when you weave all the connecting threads together, a burgeoning

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podcaster under the wing of a savvy media firm, strategic

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guest appearances by close associates of high profile individuals, and

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the Kardashians calculated media engagements, it does paint a picture

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of a constructed narrative. It's hard not to see this

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as a strategic play to generate buzz. The fingerprints suggested

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her peculiar art of controlled chaos. She has two main options,

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double down on the media machine, or step back and

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recalibrate as bad press goes. Meghan may be happier to

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discuss her handwriting than her rumored Messiah complex. In his

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new book Yes Man, The Secret Life of Royal Servants,

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Tom Quinn draws on interviews with former and current staff

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at royal residences to paint a picture of Megan's turbulent

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time within the House of Windsor. Several of the aids

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that I spoke to, as well as the more junior staff,

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said that Meghan had what they called a Messiah complex.

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Quinn told Fox News Digital. I think what they meant

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was that as a working royal, she could save all

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the people whose lives were difficult. She could help with

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all the sorts of problems, including poverty. She had the

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sense that came from a very good motivation, that she

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could change the world for the better. They felt she

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had these grand ideas, but there was no way a

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single person could do what she wanted to do. And

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I think there was also a suspicion that Meghan was

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trying to be more like William and Harry's mother, Princess Diana,

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that she was trying to do the same thing. One

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staff member reportedly quoted Meghan is saying what Dana started,

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I want to finish, suggesting that some of the Duchess

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aimed to become a modern day globe trotting champion of

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the marginalized. Another insider said she seemed focused on how

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she could become the best known and most loved member

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of the royal family. Former Vanity Fair editor grade And

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Carter has told Page six that Meghan believes she landed

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the cover of the magazine for her charity work, not

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her relationship with Prince Harry. Carter explained, Jane Sarkan, who

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booked our covers, came in and said we should do

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a cover on Meghan mikael I said, I have no

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idea what that is. Why should we do a story

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on her? So she said, because she's going to marry

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Prince Harry. According to Carter, the future Duchess of Sussex

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told the reporter, excuse me, is this going to be

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all about Prince Harry? Because I thought we were going

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to be talking about my charities and my philanthropy. Carter observed,

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this woman is slightly adrift on the facts and reality

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Palasindriguan right back. Even a Catholic priest is criticizing Meghan

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and a scathing YouTube video, Father Brendan Kilcoin describes various

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scenes from Megan's show to his audience, ranging from her

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beekeeping to creating bath salts and getting pretzel snacks ready

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for her friend. He pointed out the mother of two's

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blindingly white and pristinely clean bee suit, despite the former

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actress claiming she had been collecting her own honey for

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a year. Discussing Meghan's relationship with the royal family, the

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priest also urged his audience to drink the mediocrity and

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savor the narrow escape that one of the most distinguished

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royal lanes in the world has just had. Father Courcoin

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found the program to be bloody awful. Megan's upcoming Lemonada

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podcast had increasingly been criticized as it is scheduled to

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be released at the same time the King is visiting

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the Pope. However, this trip has now been postponed, although

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the wider trip to Italy is still scheduled. Among the

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planned highlights is a rare and symbolic joint flypass over

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the Eternal City, a state banquet of some splendor, and

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a visit of historic significance to the people Basilica of

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Saint Paul's outside the walls. This would mark the first

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occasion a reigning British monarch has visited the site since

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the Reformation, an event laden with ecclesiastical and diplomatic resonance.

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Coinciding with a visit is a rather personal milestone for

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their majesties, the twentieth anniversary of their marriage. That opens

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up another subplot, as it is believed Harry is not

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a big fan of Camilla. It appears will have plenty

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