Blue skies, perfect flowers, elaborately prepared cakes, and Californian sunbeams filtering through the windows. Everything is very beautiful in the new Netflix series of Meghan Markle, With Love, Meghan. Too bad that the type of lifestyle presented by the Duchess of Sussex is light years away from that of the public who saw the program on March 3. The spectators, moreover — and this is the real sore point — seem to be more attracted by Meghan’s past, as a member of the royal family and of which there is no trace in the series, than by her new life in California.
And so, due to the panning by those who saw it, Meghan Markle’s new series could be the last television program the duchess will make for Netflix as part of her $100 million deal, in which she also presented a series of food products that she will sell in the United States with her new brand As Ever, including raspberry jam, herbal teas, crepe mix, butter cookies, and wildflower honey.
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While Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s first documentary about their lives, 2022’s Harry & Meghan, was a huge ratings success, two other productions on different subjects, 2023’s Heart of Invictus and last December’s Polo, saw a drop in ratings. Now the couple are desperately hoping Meghan’s new show is a hit, while doubts remain about the future of their deal with Netflix if their content doesn’t garner positive feedback.
Critics are convinced that the lack of revelations from the Sussexes about the monarchy, which was one of the main features of their 2022 show, is likely to lead to less interest from viewers. All this, after the 43-year-old former actress renamed her lifestyle brand As Ever, dropping the initial name of American Riviera Orchard just weeks before launch, after facing trademark hurdles, with Netflix now a partner in her business.
The series has been panned by television critics who have called it a “dumb life filler” with a “tangible desperation,” highlights the Daily Mail, according to which Harry would be “desperate” as much as Meghan for the show to be successful, so that they can continue their “millionaire lifestyle in Los Angeles.” The Guardian also sounded the alarm: if it doesn’t succeed in terms of ratings, this could be the last show Meghan and her husband make for Netflix, calling it “useless.”
Reacting to the negative reception, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told MailOnline: “This program, after the Hearts of Invictus series failed to grab viewers’ attention and, predictably, neither did the Polo series, is decisive for Meghan.”
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