As Ever Part 6: Definitely NOT a trad wife

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Previous thread here: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/the_royal_family/5286597-as-ever-part-v-two-stunt-lemons-with-love-meghan

Carry on! Reviews from the US are trickling in, so far, not so good - https://variety.com/2025/tv/reviews/with-love-meghan-markle-netflix-duchess-of-sussex-1236327469/

I’m OK with the sun tea, it’s a childhood memory. American children can’t be expected to know how to make the perfect cup of tea. (Hint: It doesn’t involve tea bags).

I feel like a proper conspiracy theorist here but I see this as the rehabilitation of Meghan Markle. Thanks to this atrocious offering she’s no longer being seen as an angry difficult bully, but as an airy-fairy incompetent. Don’t be fooled. The same person is in there.

On the previous thread I said she was the new Hyacinth Bucket but now after reading more of her drivel I think she is also Parker (Alec Baldwin) from Friends! Phoebe speaks for us all I reckon.

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The trademark is still pending tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-results

We may be laughing at her now but we all know what a deeply unpleasant bully she is in reality.

Yes we do, and it’s important that doesn’t get forgotten. Regular posters on these threads have good memories thankfully, the wider public I’m less confident about.

I have a question - where do you find out which shows are in the Netflix top 10. I'm interested to see where WLM is but just more generally how this works I have realised from these threads how woeful I am at knowing how a lot of stuff works. 😊 I assume if the As ever line is to take off then she will need to be constantly in the top 10 to show that enough people are watching and so increasing her "footfall" - at least in the medium term until she can get "proper" shops to stock - not just the the netflix shops.

First time poster (but long time lurker) so I hope this is okay to post? Just been scrolling through my Instagram and this have seen
Michael Pavano (@michaelpavano) post a spoof video of the show. If you're on Instagram or TikTok it may be worth a watch. I haven't watched the series but did find the reel quite funny.

Edited to take out the link as I wasn't sure if it showed my account.

It's certainly a distinct possibility.

Surely those that have been bullied will speak up at some point?

Or Liptons 😤

Sounds like spread is high in sugar low in fruit? Sounds revolting

Hopefully @User14March but sadly Harry and Meghan like to get all their underlings to sign ndas!
So it will be awhile!

Tom Bower wrote about the name change in his book.

Apparently Doria wanted Rachel, Thomas wanted Meghan so she was called Rachel Meghan, but from a few days old she was called Meghan so it really has been her name her whole life.

I believe it's not uncommon for Americans to go by their second name rather than their first.

Coronation Chicken?

Maybe when she (allegedly) threw tea at an underling in Australia it was tea that had been gently warmed by the sun and was, therefore, not scalding hot. See, she's not a monster.

Didn't you ask the same thing yesterday? Apologies if it wasn't you. It's not about simply speaking out and having your 5 minutes of noble victimhood, no matter how truthful this is. You have to think about your reputation in an industry where future employers expect you to be tough, don't want to employ potential trouble makers or "thin skulls" and don't want to employ people with a history of whistleblowing.

Plus anyone putting their real name against a complaint or negative comment about Markle will get absolutely destroyed by her rabid Sussex Squad fans.

And finally, if you have suffered a real trauma - as the Hollywood Reporter seemed to be implying, with employees going for therapy - perhaps you just want to put the whole thing behind you.

BTW @User14March , were you able to find the Harry interview regarding abuse the RF allegedly committed against H&M? You will have seen upthread that I watched Colbert, and couldn't see any reference to this.

'Tom Bower wrote about the name change in his book.

Apparently Doria wanted Rachel, Thomas wanted Meghan so she was called Rachel Meghan, but from a few days old she was called Meghan so it really has been her name her whole life.

I believe it's not uncommon for Americans to go by their second name rather than their first.'

And according to Tom Bower when she was at university she started calling herself Rachel ( she was a big fan of Friends apparently).

Coronation Turkey.

A lot of people seem to have picked up on a dark, passive aggressive anger she has going on beneath the surface. I felt like while filming she was all the time pre-empting and imagining a critical and unimpressed audience and was already feeling fairly enraged and defensive about it. I wonder why on earth she's continuing to flog this very dead horse of her fame/career/reputation she could just stick two fingers up and enjoy her family and staggering amount of millions. I don't think she is wired up pretty differently to most people, likely with an extreme personality disorder thrown in to the mix and l so I guess she will continue to be unfathomable to an extent, while simultaneously being so very predictable because of her shallow, vapid, one-dimensional character.

It's ironic she making 'spread' as according to Bower that's how she started her career.

I've always wondered why she didn't use Rachel Meghan Markle or Meghan Rachel Markle as her professional name. I've always liked names like Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Evan Rachel Wood, Mary Louise Parker etc. Something quite cool about them - dare I say classy and elevated! Don't ask me why!

Ah I see, thank you for explaining.

You called?? I don't like to use my regal title on here but it seems you may have outed me....

Re the TV show – yes, the photography was great and the scenery was beautiful.

But when it came to the content I got a weird feeling that I was watching a televised version of Readers' Tips from Take A Break Magazine.