Speaker 1: Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Pallace Intrigue. I
Speaker 1: am your host, Mark Francis. Megan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex,
Speaker 1: compared herself to a jar of Natella in a social
Speaker 1: media post. Meghan, who returned to Instagram this year, posted
Speaker 1: a photo featuring a white framed collection of images and
Speaker 1: quotes seemingly displayed in her Montecito home. Among the curated
Speaker 1: images was an animated drawing of herself and Prince Harry,
Speaker 1: accompanied by words of encouragement and reflections that resonate with her.
Speaker 1: In the caption, Meghan wrote, from memory lane to the
Speaker 1: memories I'm making today a no to both the past
Speaker 1: and her current journey. Also visible in the frame were
Speaker 1: messages of self empowerment, including happiness looks good on you
Speaker 1: and the lighthearted remark you cannot make everybody happy. You're
Speaker 1: not a jar of Natella. As part of the post,
Speaker 1: the Duchess shared a carefully curated mood board featuring labels
Speaker 1: from her newly rebranded lifestyle brand, seemingly for her Raspberry Jam,
Speaker 1: alongside an array of sentimental touches, a watercolor painting of
Speaker 1: Meghan and Prince Harry, accompanied by their beloved rescue beagle Guy,
Speaker 1: who passed away earlier this year, was among the personal inclusions.
Speaker 1: Elsewhere on the board, images of fruit on toast, of
Speaker 1: smiling pancake, peacock flowers, and serene landscapes added to the esthetic.
Speaker 1: In a nostalgic nod to her now defunct lifestyle plug,
Speaker 1: The Tig. Megan also included a recipe for her signature drink,
Speaker 1: the Signature Tig Cup, a detail that longtime followers will
Speaker 1: recognized as a callback to her pre royal days. Some
Speaker 1: accused Meghan of copying Katherine, the Wonderful Princess of Wales.
Speaker 1: One social media user wrote, don't forget the real reason
Speaker 1: she posted that was to show Archie's artwork, since Catherine
Speaker 1: put out her kid's artwork the other day. She's so
Speaker 1: predictable as ever a copycat. In The Telegraph, Judith Woods wonders,
Speaker 1: is Megan ever going to have an original idea again?
Speaker 1: Judith writes, avocado's jam and a logo ripped from medieval Spain.
Speaker 1: The Duchess's latest reinvention is nothing if not predictable. As ever,
Speaker 1: it's a rebrand. It's lifestyle does it still revolve around jars,
Speaker 1: bespoke jam from a named strawberry plant. I have no idea.
Speaker 1: What I do know is that it's a painfully opposite
Speaker 1: summation of Megan's ill fated back of an envelope careers.
Speaker 1: It's fleeing these shores, the charity, the podcast, the philanthropy,
Speaker 1: the film productions, the whole American riview era orchard thing.
Speaker 1: Doomed as ever? Is it any wonder her latest lifestyle
Speaker 1: venture already looks set to end in toe curling failure. Sure,
Speaker 1: the former actress married into the most prestigious royal family
Speaker 1: on the planet. Yes, she was wed in the chapel
Speaker 1: at Windsor Castle, greeted on the Long March by throngs
Speaker 1: of smitten fans, and was treated with such gracious warmth
Speaker 1: by none other than the Late Queen herself. But that
Speaker 1: was then. Now post mesit with a lifestyle brand of flog.
Speaker 1: That's I've been airbrushed out. Why because she's just a
Speaker 1: girl standing in front of an Instagram asking the entire
Speaker 1: world to love her. Oh dear as ever, Meghan is
Speaker 1: reportedly feeling betrayed by David and Victoria Beckham, believing that
Speaker 1: the British royal family has stolen the celebrity couple from
Speaker 1: her and Prince Harry. According to Radar Online, the Duchess
Speaker 1: of Sussex is increasingly frustrated by the beckhams growing closeness
Speaker 1: to the Royals, particularly after their appearance at an exclusive
Speaker 1: black Tired dinner at High Grove House with King Charles Third.
Speaker 1: A source claimed it's brought back all her old recollections
Speaker 1: that she was treated badly by the Royals and the Beckhams,
Speaker 1: so this growing friendship is like a double blow for Meghan.
Speaker 1: The relationship between the Sussexes and the Beckhams has purportedly
Speaker 1: been strange since Meghan and Harry's twenty eighteen wedding, where
Speaker 1: David and Victoria were high profile guests. Meghan, a longtime
Speaker 1: admire of Victoria Beckham's fashion empire, had hoped to build
Speaker 1: a close friendship and even potential collaborations. However, tensions arose
Speaker 1: when Prince Harry allegedly suspected the beck of leaking information
Speaker 1: to the press, a claim that reportedly infuriated David, and
Speaker 1: Insider explained she thinks it was entirely reasonable for her
Speaker 1: to ask them about a possible media league and that
Speaker 1: David's reaction was totally over the top, and Harry agrees.
Speaker 1: They feel like they're rubbing their face in it by
Speaker 1: popping up at every Royal envelope opening. Compounding Meghan's frustration
Speaker 1: is Victoria's reported friendship with Catherine, the Wonderful Princess of Wales.
Speaker 1: It's been driving Megan bannanas hearing things like this, as
Speaker 1: it was supposed to be her texting Victoria from a
Speaker 1: fitting room, the source added, referring to claims that Victoria
Speaker 1: has been advising Kate on possible Vogue photoshoot. The alleged
Speaker 1: rift highlights Meghan's ongoing struggle to maintain a list of friendships,
Speaker 1: particularly as Hollywood's elite appear increasingly cautious about aligning themselves
Speaker 1: with the sussex'es amid their ongoing tensions with the royal family.
Speaker 1: While Meghan reportedly remains upset over the situation that Beckhams
Speaker 1: seem to have firmly repositioned themselves even with the royal circle,
Speaker 1: leaving the Sussexes further on the outside. As ever, Mindy
Speaker 1: Kayling has shared her experience filming with Love Meghan revealing
Speaker 1: the thoughtful hospitality of the Duchess of Sussex and the
Speaker 1: practical hosting tips she picked up along the way. In
Speaker 1: an interview with Time, Kayling recalled, I was on Maternity
Speaker 1: Live with my daughter in March. In April, and Meghan
Speaker 1: texted me that she was doing a show where she
Speaker 1: was going to cook for her friends. What I want
Speaker 1: to come into Montecito and have her cook for me.
Speaker 1: I wanted to get taken care of in that moment
Speaker 1: of my life. That was a fun maternity leave field trip.
Speaker 1: I left with a basket of fresh produce and homemade
Speaker 1: jam and hot sauce because she knew I loved hot sauce.
Speaker 1: She's a very generous woman who knew I needed a break.
Speaker 1: I love cooking, but I'm really not good at entertaining.
Speaker 1: I don't know anything about how you're supposed to use
Speaker 1: overhead lighting when people come over. You're supposed to use
Speaker 1: little lamps. But Megan just knows how to do that stuff.
Speaker 1: For kids' parties, I usually just go to the party's
Speaker 1: supply store and get paper things, which I don't judge,
Speaker 1: and neither she But it was fun to learn the
Speaker 1: simple ways to do a homemade kid's party. She also
Speaker 1: addressed common misconceptions of the Duchess, saying, I think a
Speaker 1: misconception about Meghan is that she's in any way fussy
Speaker 1: or has expectations of fancyness. She really is a down
Speaker 1: to earth person who knows a lot of fun tricks
Speaker 1: to make entertaining and cooking easier. Speaking at the Golden
Speaker 1: Globes last month, Kailing further praised Meghan's cooking skills. I
Speaker 1: think of myself as a kind of okay cook, but
Speaker 1: she unsurprisingly blew me out of the water. The thing
Speaker 1: about her recipes and being there was that it was
Speaker 1: just really accessible. She has a garden from scratch, which
Speaker 1: I could never do when chickens. They would probably all
Speaker 1: die if I tried to take care of chickens. With
Speaker 1: Love Megan premieres on March fourth, promising an intimate look
Speaker 1: at Meghan's love of cooking, entertaining, hosting friends, and of
Speaker 1: course well thought out, well received promotional blitz Pallace, Intrigua,
Speaker 1: Barret Back. It appears this podcast will have enough content
Speaker 1: to get us through until at least the summer of
Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven, as we're already filling out our editorial calendar.
Speaker 1: July twenty twenty seven should be all sorts of fun
Speaker 1: with Prince Harry's in Victor schemes set to her turn
Speaker 1: to the UK in that year. One storyline is whether
Speaker 1: Meghan will come. We'll tell you now she won't. But
Speaker 1: the timing of the event risks reigniting tensions with the
Speaker 1: royal family for another reason, as it will coincide with
Speaker 1: Queen Camiller's eightieth birthday on July seventeenth. Reports suggest King
Speaker 1: Charles's planning multiple events, including a Thanksgiving service at Saint
Speaker 1: George Chapel and Windsor to mark the milestone occasion. Royal
Speaker 1: commentator from Hardcastle said the arrival of Harry's bandwagon at
Speaker 1: the same time will be an unwelcome distraction. However, he
Speaker 1: is unlikely to lose sleep given his fractures relationship with
Speaker 1: his stepmother. Anyway, Meghan would love to come, but someone
Speaker 1: has to watch the kids and stuff, and you know
Speaker 1: how it is as ever, and they haven't pluck to
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