Cover Alice Waters guests in Meghan Markle’s upcoming Netflix series, ‘With Love, Meghan’ (Photo courtesy of Netflix)
Alice Waters guests in Meghan Markle’s upcoming Netflix series, ‘With Love, Meghan’ (Photo courtesy of Netflix)
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Taking a very close look at Meghan Markle’s upcoming series uncovers these intriguing details
Meghan Markle’s lifestyle show With Love, Meghan, is airing on Netflix on January 15, though for some this final week of waiting can’t move fast enough. Royal watchers, Suits fans, and web lurkers have turned the almost two-minute trailer inside out, studying details and other potential clues for what viewers can look forward to in the eight half-hour episodes.
With Love, Meghan is the fifth show that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have produced under their company Archewell Productions. After the smashing success of the six-part Harry & Meghan in 2022, the reception to the royal couple’s later endeavors—including Live to Lead, Heart of Invictus, and Polo—have been lukewarm at best. Markle’s show about hospitality and entertaining hopes to thaw the frosty reactions.
As far as the trailer is concerned, With Love, Meghan is looking like a mix of Barefoot Contessa, The Martha Stewart Show, and The Pioneer Woman. Until viewers see for themselves what the producers mean about ‘[reimagining] the genre of lifestyle programming, blending practical how-to's [sic] and candid conversation with friends, new and old,” here are some cool details you might have missed from the trailer.
1. The Princess Diana Tribute
Both Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, love a good Diana throwback. Eagle-eyed watchers noticed that the latter wore Diana’s gold Cartier Tank Française watch—a gift from Prince Harry—throughout the trailer.
2. The high-end jewellery
In other clips, Markle could be seen wearing a Logan Hollowell emerald choker and ring, a Lorraine Schwartz diamond evil eye bracelet, a Cartier Juste Un Clou necklace, and a Cartier Love bangle.
3. The high/low fashion
Like other royals, Markle loves mixing affordable pieces with more aspirational ones. In With Love, Meghan, she sticks to her signature whites, creams, beiges in cashmere, luxurious chiffon, and cozy linen. You can spot items from Loro Piana, Zimmermann, Max Mara, Emilia Wickstead, and Ulla Johnson, as well as Jenni Kayne, Zara, With Nothing Underneath, and J. Crew.
4. That dreamy kitchen
Various news outlets have already announced that With Love, Meghan was shot not at the Sussexes’ infamous Montecito mansion, but at a neighbor’s US$6.2-million home a few blocks away. Still, viewers have ogled the wonderfully decked-out kitchen, which includes a US$19,000 Thermador Range cooker, US$75 walnut chopping boards, US$345 salad bowls, and a US$415 Le Creuset braising pan.
5. Her shared hobby with Princess Kate
Perhaps beekeeping could be the bridge to remedy the relationship between the two duchesses. Fans can’t fail to miss Markle collecting honey from an apiary, but not everyone may have known that Catherine is also a bee enthusiast. King Charles also keeps beehives in many of the monarch’s properties.
