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<v Speaker 1>Calorogus Shark Media, Hello and welcome to Palace Injury Game,

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<v Speaker 1>your host Mark Francis. The Sussexes have come under scrutiny

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<v Speaker 1>after Megan Markle shared a photograph of Prince Harry and

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<v Speaker 1>their daughter, Princess Lilibet on a boat without the three

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<v Speaker 1>year old wearing a life jacket. The image, posted on

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<v Speaker 1>Instagram to mark International Women's Day on March eighth, shows

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<v Speaker 1>Harry cradling Lilibit on his lap and kissing her head.

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<v Speaker 1>While intended as a heartfelt family moment, some viewers quickly

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<v Speaker 1>took issue with the apparent safety oversight, branding it irresponsible

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<v Speaker 1>and even suggesting it may violate California law. California regulations

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<v Speaker 1>require children under thirteen to wear a life jacket at

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<v Speaker 1>all times while on a moving vessel, regardless of its size.

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<v Speaker 1>Social media users were swift to criticize the couple over

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<v Speaker 1>safety concerns. Megan's lifestyle series with Loved Meghan has generated

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<v Speaker 1>plenty of headline and podcasts, but struggled to make a

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<v Speaker 1>significant impact in the ratings. The eight part series only

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<v Speaker 1>just made it into Netflix's top ten ranking at number ten,

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<v Speaker 1>with twelve point six million hours viewed in its first week.

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<v Speaker 1>In comparison, the week's top performer, Kate Hudson's comedy Running Point,

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<v Speaker 1>pulled in sixty one point eight million hours, according to

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<v Speaker 1>data compiled by company Samba TV. The series drew in

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<v Speaker 1>just five hundred twenty six thousand households in its first

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<v Speaker 1>five days, compared to the two point one million that

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<v Speaker 1>tuned in for Harry and Meghan in twenty twenty two.

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<v Speaker 1>The numbers fall well short of Harry and Meghan, the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty two Netflix documentary that became the streamer's biggest

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<v Speaker 1>documentary debut, racking up eighty one point six million hours

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<v Speaker 1>in its first three days and nearly one hundred eighty

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<v Speaker 1>million in its first full week. Other projects tied to

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<v Speaker 1>the Sussexes, such as Live to Lead, Heart of Invectus

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<v Speaker 1>and Harry's Polo series, failed to crack Netflix's top ten altogether,

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<v Speaker 1>leaving their viewership figures unclear. An industry source tells The

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<v Speaker 1>Daily Mail the industry bibles like The Hollywood Reporter and

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<v Speaker 1>Variety are not keen on it. He said, Netflix buses

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<v Speaker 1>are all worried because they have invested a lot in

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<v Speaker 1>the product line. They don't know when and how to

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<v Speaker 1>roll it all out. Unclear is how the reception to

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<v Speaker 1>the TV series will affect the plans for brick and

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<v Speaker 1>mortar Netflix stores selling Megan's dog biscuits and jam. Pr

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<v Speaker 1>expert Nick Eid warned, Hollywood is falling out of love

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<v Speaker 1>with Megan and Harry because over there you have to

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<v Speaker 1>earn your stripes, and it really feels that they haven't

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<v Speaker 1>earned those stripes. If you are a George Clooney, you're

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<v Speaker 1>an Arnold Schwarzenegger, you can get to a level where

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<v Speaker 1>you can be a little bit political, where you can

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<v Speaker 1>use your gravitas to really make a change. What I

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<v Speaker 1>feel about Megan and Harry is they haven't earned that,

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<v Speaker 1>so people are beginning to stop listening. Journalists Dawn Nissan added,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not just Fanity Fair that has turned on them.

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<v Speaker 1>It does feel like the whole of Hollywood has turned

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<v Speaker 1>on them. But there has been a seismic change in

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<v Speaker 1>how people feel about Harry and Meghan in America. I

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<v Speaker 1>saw was told Vanity Fair that the Royals weren't planning

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<v Speaker 1>on watching Meghan's show. One inside her said the King

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<v Speaker 1>knows more than enough about beekeeping. Besides he's far too

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<v Speaker 1>busy to sit down and watch it. As part of

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<v Speaker 1>her promotional campaign for her Beekeeping series on Netflix, Megan

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<v Speaker 1>appeared at Godmother's Bookshop and said, right now, I'm launching

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<v Speaker 1>my business as Ever, which has been my heart song

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<v Speaker 1>for years. Every day on learning so much as a

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<v Speaker 1>founder and taking baby steps and big strides at the

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<v Speaker 1>same time, making mistakes and learning from them, and really

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<v Speaker 1>working to find all the joy while diving into the

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<v Speaker 1>creative process and the business. Being in the granular parts

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<v Speaker 1>of the business gives me the same feeling I have

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<v Speaker 1>when I'm gardening, bare hands in the soil, planting the

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<v Speaker 1>seed with so much care and nurturing it as it grows.

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<v Speaker 1>There's something energizing about being in my forties and turning

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<v Speaker 1>my passion project into a business and sharing that with

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<v Speaker 1>the world. Tina Brown has delivered a scathing critique of

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<v Speaker 1>With Love Megan, calling it yet another misstep in Meghan

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<v Speaker 1>Markle's post royal career. The former Vanity Fair editor declared

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<v Speaker 1>that the show is proof the Duchess of Sussex has

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<v Speaker 1>an unerring instinct forgetting it wrong, and argued that the

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<v Speaker 1>only program that might have worked would have been one

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<v Speaker 1>in which Meghan acknowledged what a flaming flopped the last

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<v Speaker 1>five years have been. In her Fresh Hell newsletter, Brown

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<v Speaker 1>questioned Markle's brand a strategy, describing her as too damn

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<v Speaker 1>impatient and ridiculing the rushed roll out of her American

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<v Speaker 1>Rivenra Orchard lifestyle line, now rebranded as as Ever who

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<v Speaker 1>announces a new lifestyle brand and Helene's celebrity friends to

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<v Speaker 1>tork up her strawberry jam without doing due diligence on

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<v Speaker 1>the availability of the trademark she equipped. Tina revisited mexitt

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<v Speaker 1>saying all Meghan had to do was shut up and wait,

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<v Speaker 1>go quiet for a couple of years, start a family,

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<v Speaker 1>keep her eyes trained on the splendid royal estate that

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<v Speaker 1>would soon come up for grabs, but no offer the

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<v Speaker 1>Commonwealth or Netflix. The Sussex's with naive Avarice chose Netflix.

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<v Speaker 1>A source told Meil online that while Meghan had celebrated

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<v Speaker 1>the series new for the second season, the contract itself

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<v Speaker 1>had not yet been extended. They filmed the shows back

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<v Speaker 1>to back, so in theory, there is no second season,

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<v Speaker 1>just edits being made. Based on feedback from press and

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<v Speaker 1>Netflix viewers, it's clever and cost effective. So no, the

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<v Speaker 1>overall contract hasn't been renewed yet. Palace Intrigue will be

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<v Speaker 1>right back. The latest People magazine feature on Meghan Markel

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<v Speaker 1>has sparked a debate with British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard,

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<v Speaker 1>questioning its portrayal of the Duchess of Sussex. Chard said

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<v Speaker 1>Meghan is desperate to receive accolades in public approval. She

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<v Speaker 1>longs to be perceived as the best thing since Slice spread.

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<v Speaker 1>Her aim, with the help of certain publications, is to

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<v Speaker 1>revamp her character and change the public's perception. Let's face it,

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<v Speaker 1>she along with Netflix, needs bums on the seats and

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<v Speaker 1>future bustling sales. The public has a long memory of

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<v Speaker 1>Megan's behavior, the hurt and upset cause to the royal family.

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<v Speaker 1>Meghan hasn't redeemed herself. If anything, she has shown a

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<v Speaker 1>passive aggressive sign to the public as she clings to

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<v Speaker 1>her royal title. Apparently, the crew on Megan's show enjoyed

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<v Speaker 1>working with the so called Duchess of difficult One crew

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<v Speaker 1>member told people whether it was a coffee cart in

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<v Speaker 1>the morning or there was one day where the forecast

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<v Speaker 1>called for it to be particularly hot, and she had

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<v Speaker 1>a shaved ice truck for us. At lunch one day,

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<v Speaker 1>she had a bespoke ice cream cart with local homemade

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<v Speaker 1>ice cream. She had an Seia truck for us. Two

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<v Speaker 1>every week she did something like that for us. It

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<v Speaker 1>was really lovely. Another told people she was a great

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<v Speaker 1>hostess between takes. If something was ready to eat, she'd

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<v Speaker 1>cut it into bite sized pieces and serve it to us.

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<v Speaker 1>Mindy Kayling has weighed in on the latest online uproar

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<v Speaker 1>surrounding Megan, addressing the reaction to a moment in with

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<v Speaker 1>Love Megan where the Duchess corrected her on the use

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<v Speaker 1>of her name. Appearing on the view to promote her

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<v Speaker 1>own show. Running Point, Kayling was asked about her experience

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<v Speaker 1>cooking with Megan on the Netflix series You Know I

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<v Speaker 1>had a great time, she said, before acknowledging the viral

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<v Speaker 1>response to their exchange. I noticed that whenever I do

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<v Speaker 1>something anything related to Megan comes like killing trailed off

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<v Speaker 1>before co host will Be Goldberg stepped in, saying big news.

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<v Speaker 1>Kling nodded and repeated big news. Goldberg then added, people

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<v Speaker 1>love to hate her. People love to talk about a

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<v Speaker 1>sentiment Kailing agreed with calling the online reaction to Megan

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