With love, the royal family won’t be tuning in.
After Meghan Markle’s Netflix show “With Love, Meghan,” premiered on Tuesday, a source told Vanity Fair that Prince William and Kate Middleton have “zero interest” in watching.
“The king knows more than enough about beekeeping. Besides, he’s far too busy to sit down and watch it,” they added about King Charles.
In episode one, titled “Hello, Honey!”, the Duchess of Sussex, 43, harvests honey from her beehives. Coincidently, King Charles, 76, and the Princess of Wales, 43, are beekeepers themselves, with Buckingham Palace having four beehives on property.
According to a friend of the royals, “There’s very little to actually learn from Meghan’s TV show. I suspect that [the royal family] will be quite dismissive of it. I can’t imagine Kate and William will sit down and watch it. Why would they?”
The eight-episode show has received mixed reviews. Throughout the series, Markle hosts a slew of guests including Mindy Kaling, Tatcha skincare brand founder Vicky Tsai, and food truck chef Roy Choito at a rented home in Montecito, California.
But the “Suits” actress wasn’t fazed by negative remarks.
“For more recipes, fun and reasons to ‘Mmmm’, check out the show — which in just 24 hours is already in the Top 10,” Markle wrote on her Instagram Story on Wednesday.
“Thank you to all of you around the world who are tuning in! ❤️,” she added with a clip from the show.
The editor in chief of Majesty magazine, Ingrid Seward, told Vanity Fair about tuning in, “I watched it wanting it to be something special, but it really wasn’t. This was meant to be the make or break show for Meghan but it didn’t feel groundbreaking in any way. Netflix might get curiosity viewings but I think this will be the death knell for their multimillion-dollar TV deal.”
Although Seward did enjoy the celebrities and friends who made an appearance.
“I liked it that she had guests, but they weren’t globally recognized. Serena Williams would have been great,” she mused. “And I thought it was humorless, it needed a big injection of fun and self-deprecation on Meghan’s part. There was nothing terribly funny like something splashed over that ridiculously white blouse.”
