Calorogus Shark Media, Hello and welcome to Palace Injury Game, your host Mark Francis. The Sussexes have come under scrutiny after Megan Markle shared a photograph of Prince Harry and their daughter, Princess Lilibet on a boat without the three year old wearing a life jacket. The image, posted on Instagram to mark International Women's Day on March eighth, shows Harry cradling Lilibit on his lap and kissing her head.
While intended as a heartfelt family moment, some viewers quickly took issue with the apparent safety oversight, branding it irresponsible and even suggesting it may violate California law. California regulations require children under thirteen to wear a life jacket at all times while on a moving vessel, regardless of its size. Social media users were swift to criticize the couple over
safety concerns. Megan's lifestyle series with Loved Meghan has generated plenty of headline and podcasts, but struggled to make a significant impact in the ratings. The eight part series only just made it into Netflix's top ten ranking at number ten, with twelve point six million hours viewed in its first week. In comparison, the week's top performer, Kate Hudson's comedy Running Point, pulled in sixty one point eight million hours, according to
data compiled by company Samba TV. The series drew in just five hundred twenty six thousand households in its first five days, compared to the two point one million that tuned in for Harry and Meghan in twenty twenty two. The numbers fall well short of Harry and Meghan, the twenty twenty two Netflix documentary that became the streamer's biggest documentary debut, racking up eighty one point six million hours in its first three days and nearly one hundred eighty
million in its first full week. Other projects tied to the Sussexes, such as Live to Lead, Heart of Invectus and Harry's Polo series, failed to crack Netflix's top ten altogether, leaving their viewership figures unclear. An industry source tells The Daily Mail the industry bibles like The Hollywood Reporter and Variety are not keen on it. He said, Netflix buses are all worried because they have invested a lot in the product line. They don't know when and how to
roll it all out. Unclear is how the reception to the TV series will affect the plans for brick and mortar Netflix stores selling Megan's dog biscuits and jam. Pr expert Nick Eid warned, Hollywood is falling out of love with Megan and Harry because over there you have to earn your stripes, and it really feels that they haven't earned those stripes. If you are a George Clooney, you're an Arnold Schwarzenegger, you can get to a level where you can be a little bit political, where you can
use your gravitas to really make a change. What I feel about Megan and Harry is they haven't earned that, so people are beginning to stop listening. Journalists Dawn Nissan added, it's not just Fanity Fair that has turned on them. It does feel like the whole of Hollywood has turned on them. But there has been a seismic change in how people feel about Harry and Meghan in America. I saw was told Vanity Fair that the Royals weren't planning on watching Meghan's show. One inside her said the King
knows more than enough about beekeeping. Besides he's far too busy to sit down and watch it. As part of her promotional campaign for her Beekeeping series on Netflix, Megan appeared at Godmother's Bookshop and said, right now, I'm launching my business as Ever, which has been my heart song
for years. Every day on learning so much as a founder and taking baby steps and big strides at the same time, making mistakes and learning from them, and really working to find all the joy while diving into the creative process and the business. Being in the granular parts of the business gives me the same feeling I have when I'm gardening, bare hands in the soil, planting the seed with so much care and nurturing it as it grows.
There's something energizing about being in my forties and turning my passion project into a business and sharing that with the world. Tina Brown has delivered a scathing critique of With Love Megan, calling it yet another misstep in Meghan
Markle's post royal career. The former Vanity Fair editor declared that the show is proof the Duchess of Sussex has an unerring instinct forgetting it wrong, and argued that the only program that might have worked would have been one in which Meghan acknowledged what a flaming flopped the last
five years have been. In her Fresh Hell newsletter, Brown questioned Markle's brand a strategy, describing her as too damn impatient and ridiculing the rushed roll out of her American Rivenra Orchard lifestyle line, now rebranded as as Ever who announces a new lifestyle brand and Helene's celebrity friends to tork up her strawberry jam without doing due diligence on
the availability of the trademark she equipped. Tina revisited mexitt saying all Meghan had to do was shut up and wait, go quiet for a couple of years, start a family, keep her eyes trained on the splendid royal estate that would soon come up for grabs, but no offer the Commonwealth or Netflix. The Sussex's with naive Avarice chose Netflix. A source told Meil online that while Meghan had celebrated the series new for the second season, the contract itself
had not yet been extended. They filmed the shows back to back, so in theory, there is no second season, just edits being made. Based on feedback from press and Netflix viewers, it's clever and cost effective. So no, the overall contract hasn't been renewed yet. Palace Intrigue will be right back. The latest People magazine feature on Meghan Markel has sparked a debate with British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard, questioning its portrayal of the Duchess of Sussex. Chard said
Meghan is desperate to receive accolades in public approval. She longs to be perceived as the best thing since Slice spread. Her aim, with the help of certain publications, is to revamp her character and change the public's perception. Let's face it, she along with Netflix, needs bums on the seats and future bustling sales. The public has a long memory of Megan's behavior, the hurt and upset cause to the royal family.
Meghan hasn't redeemed herself. If anything, she has shown a passive aggressive sign to the public as she clings to her royal title. Apparently, the crew on Megan's show enjoyed working with the so called Duchess of difficult One crew member told people whether it was a coffee cart in the morning or there was one day where the forecast called for it to be particularly hot, and she had a shaved ice truck for us. At lunch one day, she had a bespoke ice cream cart with local homemade
ice cream. She had an Seia truck for us. Two every week she did something like that for us. It was really lovely. Another told people she was a great hostess between takes. If something was ready to eat, she'd cut it into bite sized pieces and serve it to us. Mindy Kayling has weighed in on the latest online uproar surrounding Megan, addressing the reaction to a moment in with Love Megan where the Duchess corrected her on the use of her name. Appearing on the view to promote her
own show. Running Point, Kayling was asked about her experience cooking with Megan on the Netflix series You Know I had a great time, she said, before acknowledging the viral response to their exchange. I noticed that whenever I do something anything related to Megan comes like killing trailed off before co host will Be Goldberg stepped in, saying big news. Kling nodded and repeated big news. Goldberg then added, people
love to hate her. People love to talk about a sentiment Kailing agreed with calling the online reaction to Megan fascinating and I haven't I feel like the email us addresses the palasinric at gmail dot com. Please follow us on Spotify, Apple or the app of your choice and leave us a review of five stars if you're enjoying the show. Don't forget. We have a new show from calaur Uggashark Media called White Smoke The Path to a New Pope. It's a historical, timely and a very cool
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