The Sussexes have to earn their bread somehow, so let them make cake | Martha Gill
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With Love, Meghan is bad TV, but there are worse ways for a former royal to bring in the bucks than cooking up crostiniSo what is it, exactly, that we want from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex these days? We know what we don’t want, which is, basically: everything the couple have done so far. We disapproved of the tell-all Oprah interview, and Harry’s memoir, Spare – they were too revealing, too appallingly frank. We hated their tell-nothing Netflix documentary, Harry & Meghan – far too boring, what was the point?And we particularly loathe the new Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, which garnered what must be a record number of terrible reviews last week – “an exercise in narcissism”, “toe-curlingly unlovable TV”. Where once the pair were ridiculed for their whining self pity, now they are diagnosed with the opposite problem – critics find the new venture “desperately upbeat”.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a letter of up to 250 words to be considered for publication, email it to us at observer.letters@observer.co.uk Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/08/the-sussexes-with-love-meghan-tv
With Love, Meghan is bad TV, but there are worse ways for a former royal to bring in the bucks than cooking up crostiniSo what is it, exactly, that we want from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex these days? We know what we don’t want, which is, basically: everything the couple have done so far. We disapproved of the tell-all Oprah interview, and Harry’s memoir, Spare – they were too revealing, too appallingly frank. We hated their tell-nothing Netflix documentary, Harry & Meghan – far too boring, what was the point?And we particularly loathe the new Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, which garnered what must be a record number of terrible reviews last week – “an exercise in narcissism”, “toe-curlingly unlovable TV”. Where once the pair were ridiculed for their whining self pity, now they are diagnosed with the opposite problem – critics find the new venture “desperately upbeat”.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a letter of up to 250 words to be considered for publication, email it to us at observer.letters@observer.co.uk Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/08/the-sussexes-with-love-meghan-tv