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"With love, Meghan" on Netflix

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Retread Tue 04-Mar-25 12:52:17

I'll go first 😀

I've watched Episode 1 of the Duchess of Sussex's lifestyle show on Netflix (a relaxed half hour over an early lunch) I enjoyed it! It's very beautiful in Montecito where they live, the camera loves her, she's a working wife and mother ... what's not to like?

I'll run for cover now... 😁

Allira Wed 05-Mar-25 23:36:40

petra

Ilovedogs22

Wow! "A perfectly- honed Bullshit detector" Petra!
That sounds like a marvelous piece of equipment to own!!!!
Where could I possible buy one?
Maybe I could find one in the very narrow-minded section of my local supermarket?? đŸ€”

You can’t buy one.
You’re either born with a perfectly working one or, like yourself, a defective one.

😁

I think you have to have a broad mind, experience and a wide understanding of human nature too.
Those who criticise people with well-developed Bullshit Detectors may be rather narrow-minded, perhaps?

Allira Wed 05-Mar-25 23:46:19

Ilovedogs22

Yes vegansrock, as I mentioned earlier, it's one rule for as you say
'St Kate' and another for the 'Interloper- upstart' Megan'.
The worst thing is that 'Some people '
believe anything & everything they read or hear without bothering to question its validity or its source.
I'm not a royalist but Harry's mother would be turning in her grave at the appalling treatment of her beloved son & his little family by certain factions of the media! 😔

You seem to have great insight into what Diana might be thinking. Are you psychic?

If so, do you know if Diana appalled at some of the remarks about Catherine made by you and other posters?

Anniebach Thu 06-Mar-25 01:34:41

Using a dead woman. Megan does the same, communicated with Diana at her grave, having a framed photograph of Diana
in the birthing room when giving birth not from the media but from Harry, wearing Diana’s favourite perfume on her first
date with Harry, again from Harry.

25Avalon Thu 06-Mar-25 08:17:42

Anniebach does me detect an Oedipus complex in Harry? Meghan was never going to fit into the Royal Family. It’s just not her so no need to compare her with Kate. She is where she wants to be but the horrible allegations against the RF and constant moaning have turned people off plus the way she treats her dad referring to herself as a latch key kid - poor little me again. Maybe this programme will help her.

Oreo Thu 06-Mar-25 08:24:19

vegansrock

I don’t dislike Catherine or Meghan, nor am I a particular fan, but what I dislike is the constant nastiness directed towards one and the deification of the other.
As for the surname, it’s complicated as technically Harry doesn’t have a surname. He was Wales when at school from his father, similarly William and Catherine’s children were Cambridge at school but I guess they are now Wales? Edward’s wife was Duchess of Wessex now she’s Edinburgh. it’s a royal thing. The Sussex children have Sussex as a surname not Mountbatten - Windsor which was made up by QE2 for her descendants so they all can use when it suits them. So it’s not unreasonable for Meghan to use Sussex as a surname when her husband and children do.
As for the show it’s not my thing and I wish Meghan would use her platform for something a bit more worthy, but I guess she would be hounded for doing that too.

Harry was called Windsor at school not Wales.
His father Charles was the Prince of Wales, which is a title just as Duke of Sussex is.
And I don’t see Catherine as being deified more just as a good dutifully inclined woman who accepts all the good and the bad of being a member of the RF.She doesn’t push herself forward, lie, or try and portray herself as a victim of the establishment.
She just happens to be more attractive than Meghan which must rankle with M no end.

Oreo Thu 06-Mar-25 08:28:13

25Avalon

Anniebach does me detect an Oedipus complex in Harry? Meghan was never going to fit into the Royal Family. It’s just not her so no need to compare her with Kate. She is where she wants to be but the horrible allegations against the RF and constant moaning have turned people off plus the way she treats her dad referring to herself as a latch key kid - poor little me again. Maybe this programme will help her.

I don’t think anything will help her as there is no limit to her need for attention and the only title she wants is Queen Bee.
A silly, shallow and entitled middle aged woman who will turn into a silly, shallow and entitled old woman in time.

Anniebach Thu 06-Mar-25 08:59:49

Avalon yes, Megan is where she wants to be, anAmerican TV celebrity and red carpet,

Oreo yes, a need for attention

merlotgran Thu 06-Mar-25 10:58:48

Anniebach

Avalon yes, Megan is where she wants to be, anAmerican TV celebrity and red carpet,

Oreo yes, a need for attention

What on earth are they going to do if Netflix dump them? Does Harry even have a job?

I’m not their greatest fan but I’m starting to worry about Harry.

Calendargirl Thu 06-Mar-25 11:02:55

Does Harry even have a job?

I don’t think so.

He just seems to be Meghan’s stooge.

Probably helps with the children as well.

merlotgran Thu 06-Mar-25 11:15:48

Having watched all of it I’m convinced Meghan is such a narcissist she will be blind to Harry’s needs. That’s for the therapist to sort out.

I felt sorry for him in the brief appearance he made at the end.

Mt61 Thu 06-Mar-25 11:27:05

Watched on fast forward - I do wonder if she does all that cooking herself at home? Probably has a full time chef.
Preferred The Documentary on Martha Stewart (original influencer) Netflix.

Anniebach Thu 06-Mar-25 11:28:43

Megan uses Harry, uses the children, this she did to declare she is not Markle but Sussex, for the children, she suffered to the brink of suicide when in London for Harry, yet was on the red carpet the very same time.

Harry ? I now question if he damaged because of the death of his mother, he harps on and on but only since he marriied
Was he very carefully protected by the palace when single, I think yes, now he is lost, only controlling comes from Megan and for her benefit not his .
He is lost without his birth family and the palace

ixion Thu 06-Mar-25 11:39:33

wearing Diana’s favourite perfume on her first date with Harry.?

That is seriously spooky stuff😳

ixion Thu 06-Mar-25 11:41:01

Calendargirl

^Does Harry even have a job?^

I don’t think so.

He just seems to be Meghan’s stooge.

Probably helps with the children as well.

Wasn't he created a CHIMPO a while back?

Not sure how many hours a seek he puts in.

Rula Thu 06-Mar-25 11:46:53

Ah yes, CHIMPO. Most amusing to Japanese speakers

Retread Thu 06-Mar-25 12:10:22

Okay I'll admit to being bored in Episode 2. I'll continue to watch because I like a bit of glamour in my life. Or "wealth porn" as was commented upstream grin

I'm looking forward to a bit of property porn later too when I dream of a new life in the country. smile

Lathyrus3 Thu 06-Mar-25 14:09:19

I’ve just been round to a friend Retread and watched the first two. We thought the first episode was very boring wth the sort of My my and man child act but we laughed and laughed at the second one, mostly because of Mindy Carling.

They were quite hostile to each other, playing top dog, at the beginning but Meghan kept pouring the cocktails and as Mindy got a bit squiffy she got funnier and funnier in her comments. She really played up to the camera.

Go Mindy! We’d watch another episode with her in it and definitely a kind of Mindy Carling at Home thing - like the Osbornes used to be😂

Think the watchability definitely depends on the guests and how they react.

Lathyrus3 Thu 06-Mar-25 14:09:54

not my my. It should say Mommy

Kathmaggie Thu 06-Mar-25 14:21:59

Just seen her on the news being interviewed by an actress friend of hers. She just appears to he acting all the time. Just cannot take her seriously.

Anniebach Thu 06-Mar-25 16:08:01

With Love Vanessa. uTube Vanessa Feltz, so funny

Allira Thu 06-Mar-25 16:10:43

ixion

Calendargirl

Does Harry even have a job?

I don’t think so.

He just seems to be Meghan’s stooge.

Probably helps with the children as well.

Wasn't he created a CHIMPO a while back?

Not sure how many hours a seek he puts in.

What's a CHIMPO?

Rula Thu 06-Mar-25 16:25:25

Anniebach

With Love Vanessa. uTube Vanessa Feltz, so funny

elevate the Hula Hoops!

Now I might actually watch part 2 if she does one. Humour. So important.

Thanks for that, Anniebach

escaped Thu 06-Mar-25 16:26:07

Allira

ixion

Calendargirl

Does Harry even have a job?

I don’t think so.

He just seems to be Meghan’s stooge.

Probably helps with the children as well.

Wasn't he created a CHIMPO a while back?

Not sure how many hours a seek he puts in.

What's a CHIMPO?

🙈 😆

escaped Thu 06-Mar-25 16:29:10

If I remember his title, he was created something like Chief Impact Officer in a sort of "job" he had. (Wellbeing?? Or mental health?)
The abbreviation is rude!

escaped Thu 06-Mar-25 16:31:10

Remember the discussion we had on here years ago? 🍆