Meghan back on Instagram

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Looks like she’s back on Instagram

www.instagram.com/meghan/reel/DESeJO5vFSN/

Well she does have that slightly annoying mannerism with her hair that she does when it’s down which now I’ve noticed I keep seeing. Sort of hand back around the neck and place the hair carefully.

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Is any of it cooking though? Ice cream and jam, a basic sponge, things on bread, a hummus platter. I’d be interested to know how complex or how much actual cooking is involved. I’ll have to wait for on here though as I won’t be watching.

It was far less demonstrative! She subtly touched her bump. Meghan hugged the feck out of hers!

Not sure where you dug that out of, but yes, two hands are not required!

I never thought I’d comment on the bump cradling but here goes. Three of those images of Catherine were taken on the same occasion, possibly within seconds of each other, you can clearly see she’s wearing the same coat. Talk about reaching.

edited to correct punctuation.

What do you think of the very recent headlines and articles following the investigation by The Hollywood Reporter (a serious industry publication) and their subsequent expose of Meghan Markle's bullying of her staff? They interviewed 12 employees (senior and current as well as past) who each, separately, described a harmful and toxic work environment. How does this consistent, across continents reality / lived experience, sit with her most recent output presenting an image of 'joy' 'friendship' etc.

Delusional and grandiose IMHO.

Not even going to open your link - I give you BAFTA???!!!

Im just going to add this here:

• Meghan’s letter to Hilary Clinton and P&G about the sexist washing up advert after 2 of her fellow male pupils exclaimed “Yeah, that's where women belong - in the kitchen'. Oh man this did not sit well with 11-year-old me” letter
• Her mouthpiece Omid Scobie accused Catherine of being a “Stepford-like royal wife”

It all seems a little hypocritical and inauthentic that the once proud and empowered feminist Meghan has now turned into a Stepford tradwife

I didn't need to dig it out it's a photo anyone can easily find. So are you calling Kafe unprofessional aswell then?

That is just typical of her though . Most people are sensible to observe these things and see them for what they are unless avid fans or ?

It's not just the bump holding - it's that combined with everything else - the lies, the insinuations, the backtracking, the taking the piss out of curtsying, the performances at events moving chairs to get out, the grabbing at microphones, the popping up in the middle of a polo team presentation, the fantasies, the grabbing of men and women all the time in inappropriate situations, the grabbing of the wrong beads, the marching , the look on her face when her mother talks, the slips of the mask, the seal clapping, the singing to seals, the launch of a jam, the talking at royal occasions, the insensitivity, it is endless and just marks out a person who is relentless in trying to be at the centre of attention and who craves it endlessly.

I don't think that 2025 is a year where high-maintenance people living high-maintenance lifestyles is going to resonate particularly well, in the US or anywhere else.

Resting a hand on her bump, not clutching it from above and below while turning to face the camera.

I totally get the bump holding thing - as others have said - I just think it was more about her being very aware of the cameras and wanting it to be clear in photos she was pregnant and not heaven forbid just fat. I imagine this was especially true in the early days when your body just looks a bit pudgy.

I feel very sorry for any female celeb/royal who is constantly photographed.

A point not my own, but seen elsewhere.

When Meghan invited Willian and Kate ( the future King and Queen and potential in-laws) round for dinner to meet for the first time, she tells us she was barefoot and in ripped jeans. Her point was to put across she’s relaxed and they were formal and uptight. The symbolic difference them illustrated by her sartorial choices. It’s clear she was sending a message in that first meeting. Why didn’t she elevate her ordinary outfit to find the wonder in that first meeting?

However, her cooking show wardrobe is very polished, very put together, at times formal ( summer dresses with heels for mindy). She isn’t meeting her future in laws for the first time, she’s meeting old friends for drinks and a catch up. How does this make sense?

One moment in the video, she has a cream tight knit sweater on with jumper over the shoulders, big gold earrings and hair in a chignon. Sort of what non rich people think how rich people dress. So very much her 2010 self living out her 2024 rich girl fantasy.

So who exactly is she went she invites others round for dinner?

Meets future King and Queen in-laws in ripped jeans barefoot, but friends pop in (to an home that isn’t hers) and it’s a super polished look?
This is why people struggle with her. Tiny small things make you think you don’t know who she is all. There’s no consistency or the feeling you are ever seeing her real self.

@Atlasvue That is interesting, though arguably people’s fashion tastes change – she’s clearly always been into fashion and style, from the Tig to her insanely overbudget wardrobe purchases when she was briefly a royal. That’s one of the more reasonable criticisms of her: she spent something close to £1m in her first year, I think, but in total she only only had 72 working days of engagements (I’m repeating what I’ve read elsewhere) – that’s breathtaking.

I’ve veered off point, though, which is people’s styles evolve as their lives do: she met Wills and Kate in her pre-royal days as a civilian living in London, fresh from Canada, still in TV/actress mode, in her 30s (I think). She’s now in her 40s, a Duchess, has two children, lives in California, has a bigger budget. All those factors will affect her style; plus on the Netflix show, she’s dressing to be on TV with a certain aesthetic. Personally, I’d prefer a Tig-era Meghan show with her barefoot in jeans hosting people in her actual home, but judging from the bizarre balloon afternoon tea that’s obviously not what she’s going for.

I do agree her current style feels a bit “cosplay as Gwyneth’s stealth wealth” look – she gives off a vibe of a little girl putting on her mother’s high heels and lipstick – and the writing on bananas, Panama hat, short-shorts stuff felt more naturally her wheelhouse. She might just not have found her 40-something style yet. God knows if I had her budget I’d dress like a fright (I’m already a fright but a poor one).

I don’t think it’s a style change. She was the one who told us for a reason in Documentary, to make the point that’s she this relaxed, Californian cool girl, take me as you find me vibes. It’s not about the actual clothes. She also still wears ripped jeans.

Yet, a cooking show when you’re inviting people in to see what you’re like when you host, she switched up her message to give us what a duchess wears when she’s not duchessing, old rich lady look. She even has the barefoot contessas popped shirt collar going on .

It’s mixed messaging by her own hand

I think her current issue is she’s not anything – she’s not Cali cool because she’s in billionaire Montecito not anywhere hip, she’s not an actress, etc; her USP is that she’s a duchess married to a prince, so she’s leaning into that for the show (and has been leaning into it since becoming a royal) with the style change. The problem is it’s not a natural one for her, which is why it reads as a little “off”. And the show vibe clashes with the initial Instagram post of “barefoot running in the sand” – which IS the relaxed California cool stuff she used to peddle.

We have no idea what she’s like behind closed doors – I don’t get the sense she’s remotely relaxed or relaxing! – but I don’t get the sense that With Love, Meghan is meant to show us the true “behind closed doors” Meg any more than the Harry & Meghan documentary truly showed us that. It’s deliberately filmed in someone else’s house, very curated. Perhaps she’s been burned by the piles and piles of negative and intrusive press: far easier to shake off the 300 Daily Mail stories slagging off your Instagram and show if your Instagram and show aren’t the truth. It stops it being personal.

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on the subject of the forma/informal comparision with W&K - remember in James Middleton's book he says his wife first met W&K and the kids wearing nothing but his shirt (and hopefully some panties lol).
So I don't think they would have bene too bothered about Meghan in jeans and that is just Meghan lying again

Panties? I’ve never met a woman who refers to pants or knickers as panties.

The point she was trying to make was William and Catherine were too formal, stuffy, by illustrating with her clothes she’s not. Even on a first meet with future in-laws, she was in jeans. That’s fine if that’s your style. But that isn’t her style. She isn’t informal all the time. She chose to be informal in that moment. That’s the point. She chose not to dress for the moment.

But she is choosing a very polished and curated look for her cooking show with friends. This should be where an informal wardrobe should be used.

This is why she gives out mixed messaging and people don't know who exactly she is

It’s interesting because we don’t actually know who any of the people talked about on this thread are really, only how they present themselves when they’re in the public eye.

I mentioned that I like Stacey Solomon because she comes across as warm and genuine. People clearly feel the same about Nigella and the Hairy Bikers.

The difference is that all of the above come across as consistently decent and authentic people rather than trying to be something they’re not or changing to try and heighten their popularity. I think people appreciate that, fake doesn’t go down well.

Tiny small things make you think you don’t know who she is all. There’s no consistency or the feeling you are ever seeing her real self.

As I said above, I don't think even she knows who she is. I'm not sure there is any 'real self' at all.

Also, remember all the talk about how Meghan was just too feminist, too political, too outspoken to be constrained by stuffy royal protocol? Yet here she is launching a lifestyle brand showing off her ostentatious wealth. I guess water finds its own level, and this is hers.

But she is choosing a very polished and curated look for her cooking show with friends. This should be where an informal wardrobe should be used.
Depends on the vibe of the show! It’s clearly not “casual hangs with Megs, backyard barbecue and beers”. It’s “elevated”, with formal place settings, floral arrangements, etc. It’s dressing up for a dinner party – people do that; it doesn’t preclude them having more informal occasions.