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Ah Calorogus Shark Media that hello and welcome to you
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Palace Weekly. I am your host, Mark Francis. Catherine, the
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Princess of Wales, revealed something personal during a brewery visit
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this week. When offered a taste of beer inside of
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it Fable Beer Hall, she declined and explained why. According
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to brewery owner Hannah Rhodes, Kate said that since her diagnosis,
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she has not had much alcohol and that it is
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something she now has to be far more conscious of.
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She opted for a soft drink instead. The brewery stop
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was part of a broader outing that drew large crowds
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in East London. Kate and Williams started at Burrough Market
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in Southwark, where they put on aprons and dried their
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hands at several tasks, chopping cheese, serving dessert at the
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Humble Crumbled Stall, and making coffee a Change Please social
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enterprise that supports people experiencing homelessness. At one point, Kate
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prepared a cappuccino and handed it to William, telling him
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she'd made him a coffe When he asked whether it
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was decaf and she said no, he joked that the
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drink should be sold instead. William also revealed a personal
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preference during the visit when they toured the Bermondsey b
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a mile and tried pouring pines. He told those present,
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I'm a cider man. I like cider. I grew up
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on cider in the West Country. The day continued with
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a speedboat journey along the River Thames to the Royal
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National Lifeboat Institution Tower Lifeboat Station in Westminster, now the
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busiest station in the country. The visit carried personal significance
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for the couple. Their first official engagement together in February
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twenty eleven involved the same charity when they traveled to
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Anglesey to name a new lifeboat. Kat also attended the
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Irish Guards Saint Patrick's d Parade at Mon's Barracks, where
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she presented springs of shamrock to officers, guardsmen and Seamus,
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the Irish wolfhound. She awarded long service medals and met
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junior cadets from Northern Ireland known as the Mini Mix.
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Later in the week, Kat and William took on a
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prominent diplomatic role when they welcomed Nigerian President boer Ahmad
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Tinebu and his wife to the United Kingdom on behalf
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of King Charles. It marked the first Nigerian state visit
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in thirty seven years. The couple greeted the presidential party
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at the Fairmont Hotel before travn two Windsor for the
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ceremonial arrival, complete with Royal salute, carriage procession, guard of
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Honor and national anthems. Charles and Camilla hosted a private
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exhibition of Nigerian items from the Royal collection and a
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state banquet in Saint George's Hall. Kate made a subtle
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diplomatic gesture by wearing a design by British Nigerian designer
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to Lukoku. William drew praise from Royal watchers after attending
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his Six Nations of rugby match in Cardiff, where he
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joined thousands of supporters and singing the Welsh national anthem
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before kickoff. Video of the moment circulated online and drew
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enthusiastic reactions. One supporter wrote, Prince William joined in with
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the Welsh national anthem at the Wales versus Italy rugby
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match today, sung in Welsh. The singing was fantastic. Keith
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marked Mother's Day more quietly this year, stepping away from
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the usual tradition of sharing a family photograph. Last year,
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that tradition drew intense attention after a family photograph was
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found to have been digitally edited, prompting the princess to
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issue a rare public apology. This year was no personal
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Mother's Day post, though she did share a message through
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the Royal Foundation Center for Early Childhood. Today we celebrate
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every mother, kerr and caregiver whose steady love gives children
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the foundations to thrive. We also learned this week that
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Charlotte Griffith's editor at large at The Mail on Sunday,
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once new Kate was pregnant with her first child days
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before news became public, but chose not to report it.
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Griffiths was testifying in the High Court privacy trial and
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told the court she had attended a country house gathering
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where Prince William mentioned that Catherine would not be present
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because she was suffering from morning sickness. The comment effectively
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revealed the pregnancy. Griffith said, I missed a scoop to
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maintain my friendships and because I knew where the line
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was and had decided not to cross it. King Charles
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showed off an unexpected skill during a visit to Manchester
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briefly stepping behind the DJ decks to try his hand
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at mixing music. Christian Saint Louis, a twenty two year
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old DJ, showed the King how to operate the controls
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and how to load up the tracks. When it was
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Charles's turn, he cautiously adjusted the controls, nodding along to
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the beat and laughing when he accidentally turned the volume up.
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Saint Louis praised the monarch's effort, saying he did great.
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He was fascinated by all the buttons. The telegraph went
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with the headline God Rave the King. There are also
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questions about whether the King's planned visit to the US
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should go ahead as scheduled. ITV's Chris Ship noted that
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the provisional dates are the end of April, but no
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one knows what will be happening in the Middle East
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at that time. Dame Emily Thornberry, chair of the Foreign
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Affairs Committee, has become the latest high profile politician to
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call for the visit to be delayed or even canceled.
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She told BC Radio four the last thing we want
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to do is have their majesties embarrassed. I think it
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needs to be thought through very careful as to whether
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or not it's appropriate to go ahead now or maybe
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have a limited program or delay it. That we can't
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just pretend there isn't a background of war more pouncing
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just a moment. The biggest story of the week wasn't
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happening in London or Manchester or Cardiff. It was happening
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in Hollywood. Variety published what can only be described as
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a devastating lead story titled Inside Megan and Harry's falling
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out with Netflix, and devastating is not an overstatement. The
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piece opens with a quote from a Netflix insider that
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sums up the entire situation in two words, We're done.
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According to the detailed report, the relationship between Netflix and
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the Sussexes has been marked by early excitement, later frustration,
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and a growing sentence side the company that the creative
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results have not matched the original ambition of the deal.
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Archwall Productions was launched in twenty twenty with plans to
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create scripted and unscripted films and series for all ages,
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but over time, the report says, the company became less
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of a broad production hub and more of a platform
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for Megan's lifestyle brand. As Ever, the article says there
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has been growing fatigue inside Netflix over what some executives
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see as the Sussexes repeatedly repackaging the same story about
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leaving Royal Life. Variety says that pattern, combined with weak
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performance from later projects, has led some of the company
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to doubt whether there is much more value to extract
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from the partnership now. Netflix pushed back strongly on some
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of these claims. A spokesperson said it is absolutely inaccurate,
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as senior executives ted Saranders and Bellabaharia have lost faith
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in Harry and Meghan. Baharia herself offered a public statement
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defending the relationship, saying Archwell has been thoughtful and collaborative
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as a partner, and we've really enjoyed working with Harry
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and Meghan. They are deeply engaged in the storytelling process
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and bring a unique global perspective. But the article is
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filled with specific, uncomfortable details. Three insiders told Variety that
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Sarandas has become fed up with the couple. Two sources
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claim that Saranders had recently said he would not sit
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on a call with Meghan unless a lawyer was present,
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though the article notes it was not clear whether he
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was serious or joking. Netflix denied that outright, calling it
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absolutely inaccurate. Meghan's lawyer, Michael J. Cump, also rejected it,
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saying this is so blatantly false. In fact, Megan texts
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and speaks with mister Sarranders regularly to his home Sands lawyers.
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The piece walks through several flashpoints in the relationship. It
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says many it Netflix were irritated by what they saw
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as poor communication around the Oprah Winfrey interview in March
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twenty twenty one. The article reports that people at the
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streamer only learned at the last minute that Harry and
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Meghan would sit down with Oprah and reveal deeply personal details.
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A spokesperson for the Sussexes denied that strongly, saying it
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is categorically false that Netflix was unaware. Then came Harry's memoir.
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Spare Variety says chatter about a tell all book began
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building in twenty twenty one, and that Netflix approached the
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couple to discuss what a memoir might mean for the
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release of Harry and Meghan. According to the article, Meghan
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allegedly downplayed the likelihood and timing of such a book
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in conversations with SARRANDUS her spokesperson denied that too, saying
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it was categorically untrue and that there was open communication
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with Netflix months before release to coordinate timing. The article
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spends considerable time on the making of Harry and Meghan,
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and especially onto the editing process. Variety reports that during editing,
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Meghan appealed to director Liz Garber's to remove certain material
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from the series. According to two sources, Meghan said some
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interviews and footage would be upsetting to the royal family,
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especially because Commune Elizabeth had died only two months before
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the documentary was due to premiere. The article says some
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Netflix executives internally believed Meghan's request had another motive to
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preserve exclusive revelations for Harry's memoir and satisfy the publisher.
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Netflix denied that interpretation. In the end, Harry and Meghan
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became a major hit, the highest documentary debut ever for Netflix,
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with eighty one point five million hours viewed in its
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first four days, but the article says that outside Netflix,
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opinion in Hollywood had already started to sour. It revisits
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the collapse of the Spotify deal and quotes Bill Simmons
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calling Harry and Meghan effing grifters. It also quotes then
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UTA chief Jeremy Zimmer saying, turns out Megan Markle was
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not a great audio talent, or necessarily any kind of talent.
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Just because you're famous doesn't make you great at something.
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Variety says that even after the success of the documentary,
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the Sussexs struggled to attract creative collaborators. Scripted projects were
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often abandoned, including Perl the animated series. The report notes
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that these Sussexes still have not produced a single scripted
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project for Netflix in nearly six years. When Megan signed
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where WM in twenty twenty three, the goal was partly
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to strengthen her Hollywood standing. The Variety says her primary
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focus became building as ever rather than creating film and
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television projects. The article also claims that when three months
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of Megan joining WME, major members of the team assembled
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around her had dropped off the account, though WMI still
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represents her and Archwell. The article describes a period in
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twenty twenty four when Netflix tried to revive the relationship
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in a new way, suggesting it would support Archwell acquisitions
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at Sundance, but According to Variety, filmmakers and sales agents
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were not interested in involving Archwell. Netflix denied the broader
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suggestion that Archwell had been rejected at Sundance, calling that
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categorically untrue. By twenty twenty five, the article says Netflix
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and Archwell had clearly changed direction. Netflix began treating Megan
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less as part of a duo and mor as an
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entrepreneur and solo figure. This is where the article turns
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to as Ever, and this is where things get particularly awkward.
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Variety says With Love Megan was designed to work hand
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in hand with as Ever, and that the series did
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reach Netflix's top ten, but the article says customer response
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to both the new show and the products was mixed.
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Archwell set it sold out inventory, but the article notes
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that Newsweek later reported a website glitch appeared to reveal
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large volumes of unsold stock, and then comes one of
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the most striking claims that by last August, after the
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second batch of With Love Megan episodes underperformed, Netflix was
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sitting on more than ten million dollars worth of as
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Ever inventory, including tea and baking mixes. According to the report,
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the company started giving the products a way to employees
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for free, laying them out on card tables in office buildings.
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An Archball spokesperson responded by saying such giveaways from sample
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closets as standard studio practice. A Netflix source also said
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the original plan had always been to spin as ever
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back into Meghan's control. A Sussex spokesperson insisted that With
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Love Megan had not been abandoned completely, saying it will
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continuous seasonal specials. The piece also includes complaints about the
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Sussex's behavior in meetings. Of varietiesays Meghan has often presented
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Hollywood as her territory, and that in meetings she tends
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to talk over Prince Harry or recast his thoughts, sometimes
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while he is mid send. More specifically, three sources told
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Variety that Meghan sometimes disappears during the zoom calls, and
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that Netflix teams would later be told she had been
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offended by something said in the meeting. Meghan's attorney pushed
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back on that, emphasizing the realities of working from home.
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He said Meghan works from home as the mother of
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young children aged four and six, and often encounters children
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who went to the space unexpectedly during a meeting. He added,
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that she is conscious of shielding her team from the
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distraction of children. The peace closes by asking whether Harry
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and Meghan are truly living the Hollywood dream they once imagined,
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and the timing couldn't have been more awkward because of
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the same day the Variety story dropped as Ever launched
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a new collaboration with High Camp supply a curated bloombox
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featuring Guardenia's white peonies, mint jasmine, along with Meghan's Herbal
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peppermint tea and Sage honey. Meghan Kelly gave those as
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EVA products a very public taste test this week, and
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she was not impressed. On her show, Kelly sampled several
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items after receiving them from a frequent guest. She did
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concede one positive point about the chocolate bars. The packaging
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is pretty I have to give her that, but the
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compliments ended there. Kelly mocked Michael's signature use of edible flowers,
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joking you have to put edible flowers on everything that
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you know may or may not actually be edible. She
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also bolked at the price, noting that chocolate said costs
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sixty two dollars. Kelly said she tried the raspberry spread,
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Sea salt dark chocolate first, and delivered a blunt verdict.
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It was disgusting, absolutely disgusting. Cannot recommend you stay away
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from it more strongly than I do. She then moved