Prog on Meghans finances tonight

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Channel 5 at 7.30 there is a programme called Duchess for Sale looking at her business operations.

Yes it’s low risk with possible high return if one investment strikes gold.

No. It's the usual MO.

Thanks for the link, @CathyorClaire - v interesting - looks like a good mix of companies - and I've learnt a new term - Series C - for late stage funding.

I actually think it looks quite a good strategy for her @CathyorClaire

Montecito Journal did an article on women entrepreneurs and philanthropists in Montecito. Index starts on page 28. One woman is a wine expert. No Meghan.

https://issuu.com/santabarbarasentinel/docs/giving_list_women

I know Montecito isn't your normal demographic , but it must be a bit galling not to even make it in to the parish magazine.

Sorry , I'm probably being unfair to the publication there @BemusedAmerican for hamfisted humorous purposes.

Investing in startups is a great way to get return if it’s takes off.

Well why else are you bringing it up other than another stick to beat her with. 🤔 I see you havent said its a good thing that she is doing but of course that isn't your MO is it to be say anything positive about her

I'm not sure who you are replying to there, but a few people have said this is a good strategy for Meghan. So, very far from a stick to beat her with. Seriously, if she has the money to invest in start ups, and it does look like a diverse portfolio , good on her I say.

Netflix have now released their global viewing figures for the first half of 2025, and it’s not great news for “With Love, Meghan”. It came 383rd in the list of views, with 5.3m viewings. That’s not a great figure for someone with as much name recognition as the Duchess of Sussex.

Still, it did better than Polo, with just 500,000 viewings, so not all bad news!

https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/845142/meghan-markle-disappointing-news-100k-deal/

@Serenster I saw that today and realised we weren’t very far off the estimates we were making on a thread at the time.

When is WLM Part Deux appearing? Wasn't it supposed to be some time this summer? We're already well into July and no sign.

She really is so boring. Each reveal is just more of the same old. She doesn't have anything to sell though 🤷‍♀️

In the autumn. Pumpkin spice bullshit galore.

I'm actually quite surprised at how very low the Polo figures scored. Even with it being a blatant vanity project I'd have expected more than half a million globally.

That said both lots of figures bear out my view that NF are wearily fulfilling contractual obligations and can't wait to shake the grifters from their books.

I think the already in the can WLM2 airs in the Autumn?

ETA xpost 🙂

She’s not at all interesting as a person. Every idea and every venture is a hackneyed copy of what someone else has done or said. She is completely lacking in originality or personality for that matter.

Did anyone clock that Oprah was on a podcast (Kelly Ripa) recently talking about the duck incident in March? Remember Meghan's weird duck instagram? That poor mother duck and her babies were herded off Sussex land onto Oprah's - who clearly couldn't give a shit either way if she took them or not. Sounds like they were put under a lot of stress getting them to move. And commentators are saying the Sussexes broke the law in moving them.

Oprah showed a bit of contempt for the Sussexes in being "unable" to pronounce their name properly.

Looking at the shows around WLM it's quite a few re runs, lost, peaky blinders and suits, the cost to Netflix to air these shows are low, for a show with these numbers any chance of a deal will be relatively small.

According to the mail today the Netflix deal is going to be renewed as Ted Sarandos thinks Meghan is a “rock star”, does the man not consider viewing figures or the comments that the trailers received at all? If I was a major shareholder in Netflix I would certainly be questioning his judgment.

The script from the SS tonight about WLM viewing figures is that 383 is great actually, out of thousands of shows. And 5.3M views is great actually for a cooking show because NF doesn't do those. H&M are actually living their best lives actually. Haterz are all just salty actually.

I mean, the figures aren't bad for the type of show it is (Id be interested in the total views over all episodes), but for someone with her name recognition and the amount of push it got online - they're not great. Just meh. If they hadn't already filmed "series 2" is better entirely unsure there would be another series renewed. If is, the deal would be totally in NFs favour.

Sarandos, Oprah. They want the divorce story.

100% keeping their 'investment' warm in the long game - H&M are grandiose and delusional enough not to realise that they are no more than another commodity in transactional Hollywood - one with a fluctuating price and sell-by date.

The average American doesn't know polo exists. Cricket, however is taking off, at least in NYC.

Yet plenty of posters here have said they find her interesting and thats why they are here commenting about her. I believe other words they have used are fascinating, entertaining.....

Lol

I think it’s her behaviour that people find fascinating.
As a person I think she talks a lot but doesn’t actually say anything if you get my drift ? I certainly have never heard her say anything that has had an impact on me .