Meghan Markle is back on Netflix, ringing in the new year with a trailer for her lifestyle series, "With Love, Meghan." But not all royal watchers are feeling the love, with many cringing over what they consider to be the duchess's dated and inauthentic stab at a renaissance as an influencer.
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00:00Meghan Markle is back on Instagram and on Netflix, ringing in the new year with a trailer
00:05for her lifestyle series, With Love, Meghan.
00:07Love is in the details.
00:10But not all royal watchers are feeling the love, with many cringing over what they consider
00:14to be the duchess' dated and inauthentic stab at a renaissance as an influencer. In the
00:19clip, Meghan goes full Martha, harvesting veggies, dicing veggies, spinning veggies,
00:24and serving up sponge cake to her famous friends.
00:27What? This is probably one of the most glamorous moments of my life."
00:31Hubby Prince Harry even shows up for a second — there he is, with a mimosa.
00:35But this isn't Harry and Meghan, the dishy Netflix tell-all docuseries. This time around,
00:40it's all about Meghan dishing up Instagram-ready plates, and even donning a full beekeeper's
00:45outfit to complete the Stardew Valley cosplay.
00:48Look at how much honey we have!
00:50On X, plenty of royal fans and haters were quick to dismiss the duchess' latest output,
00:56leaving comments like,
00:57"'Oh God, this looks terrible' and, uh, no thanks."
01:01Some haters got specific, calling Meghan out for her fussy creations. One user roasted
01:06these fancy flower-filled ice cubes, saying .0001% of the population would make this once,
01:13before adding,
01:14"'Incredibly entitled.'"
01:16One Redditor addressed the elephant in the mansion, asking,
01:18"'What in the Joanna Gaines cosplay is this?' Who the show is for, exactly, is a big question
01:23for viewers. Answers include people with a ton of expendable income and time, and women
01:28with tons of money and time on their hands."
01:31A fellow Meghan also joined the fray, Meghan McCain, former co-host of The View who called
01:35the duchess out for her ill-advised and out-of-touch concept, posting on X,
01:39"'This is why the world doesn't like you. Nothing else. Just completely and utterly
01:43tone-deaf to the moment.'"
01:45We don't condone Meghan-on-Meghan violence, but McCain is hardly alone in calling Markle
01:49out for filming her new series in an $8 million Montecito, California, mansion with a $12,000
01:55stove. And it's not even Harry and Meghan's own Montecito mansion. As Elle reports, With
01:59Love, Meghan is actually filmed a few miles down the road, on a five-acre plot owned by
02:04local philanthropists. So if you were hoping for an inside look at how Harry and Meghan
02:08really live in their $14 million mansion, well, it sounds like you'll be sorely disappointed.
02:14And rumor has it that Netflix execs are disappointed in how Harry and Meghan's $100 million deal
02:18is panning out. Their recently-released docu-series Polo was a letdown for the streamer, according
02:23to the Daily Mail, reportedly making With Love, Meghan a make-or-break proposition for
02:28the couple.
02:29We're in the pursuit of joy."
02:31If joy is the goal, well, it looks like Meghan and her basic cable friends at least had fun
02:35making the show.
02:37Focus all up!
02:40But the jury's out on whether or not viewers will perk up at her particular sunkissed celebration
02:45of all things cozy, or just fall asleep on the couch.
02:49"...peaceful day."