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