Meghan's "Holiday" special aired at 8 am British time today ...

[meghansturkey]

Here's a summary for you - it's full of British traditions like cracker pulling which she explains 🙄 , how to decorate a tree with lights and wearing matching pyjamas with her friends. Harry appears for the last 5 mins.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/2141430/meghan-markle-netflix-holiday-special-latest?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

I missed that, though I listened to spare.

So he is mistaking truth with belief.

Truth being fact
Belief being attitudes about the world which can be either true or false

It's supremely arrogant to expect everyone to confirm to your belief system regardless of truth. Harry is such a disappointment as a human.

To be fair the book was written by a ghost writer. H could never put that many big words together in one sentence.

Have we had Royal Christmas cards yet?

I’m thinking the Monaco greeting is perfect for a Duchess who has staff announce her arrival to an audience of one. It also has the added bonus of not mentioning Christmas!

We also seem to be being spared the annual will they/won’t they go to Sandringham this year. I guess the message has got through to the press that they are never going to be invited for Christmas again.

Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco have released their official 2025 Christmas greeting card, accompanied by the message: 'The Princely Family is pleased to share their greeting card with you.'

This is the amount of people that were needed to get this together? She of course did her seal clapping for them.

It's out the top 10 in the globally now, so didn't make it a full week.

Out the top 10 in Canada and the UK too. Less than 7 days.

Looks like most of those initial watchers were journalists and YouTubers doing reviews.

I mean, it's generic harmless, very light, fluffy entertainment - but it can't be doing the numbers NF or her would have hoped for. It's just all a bit...odd.

I don’t think the programme is a disaster, but it’s indicative of her talents and quality of output, which are mediocre. It very much has the vibe of a rich wife’s hobby rather than an actual career.

The classier option would be to immerse herself in charity work but that of course would get in the way of personal gain.

My my! Although to be fair some common expressions don't translate well if you translate them literally, so maybe the intended 'feel' got lost in translation.

I wonder what they released last year...

And yet, the charity work would give her the kudos she so needs. It would take a while - but it would get what she wants. Archewell is there - if used correctly as a Foundation it could do a huge amount.

But that would involve focusing on the needs of others, MrsF, and as we've seen "others" are only there to provide a vehicle for their own interests

So use other disadvantaged people in whom she has no real interest to ‘elevate’ her profile? Sounds a bit morally bankrupt to me. However it is what celebrities do.

I have no particular interest in the Royal family, but I watched and enjoyed it 🤷🏻‍♀️

It was festive and cosy, gave me vibes of watching a Nigella xmas special. Don't see the issue!

Archewell - a dim and distant memory.

It's supposed to have made $500,000 worth of donations only recently, Meghansturkey, not to mention Harry's own personal donation of £1.1 million to Children In Need ... though if that's money which has actually been raised via the couple's efforts rather than funnelled through Archewell from elsewhere I'll eat my hat

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prince-harry-donation-gaza-ukraine-archewell-b2824263.html

Actually I am not sure what M wants. I get the impression she thought marrying H would get her to the top of the RF tree - which to be fair it did , just one down from W&C. I also get the impression she didn't like the restrictions ( and to be fair to her - not all would - I would hate it ) . But it seems a little disingenuous to me to leave behind the advantages being a member of the WRF ( so eg can highlight charities etc of your choice (in between the others and acting on behalf of the govt ) , and let's not forget financial security for life and nice houses etc ) , criticise the hand that fed you and then use the title because it's what makes you special And I do think pre H M just wasn't that special. Not saying she hasn't some talents, she wouldn't have had the job on suits if she didn't , and she is by all accounts very ambitious , but not enough for where she wants to be ( my opinion) , & I think not enough to have got the opportunities she has had without having married H.

I think she wants to be a mixture of Bill Gates ( vastly wealthy and entrepreneur with a huge foundation ) Gwyneth , and A list celeb. At the moment I think she is falling through all the stools. But if I were her I would be thanking my lucky stars I have got as far as I have and then think carefully about what she wants to do next.

But I am not she. 😊

But she didn’t like being one down from W and C @BasiliskStare!

There's no pleasing some people @Mylovelygreendress 😂. All the royalling with a fraction of the responsibility - pah - rubbish.

BTW way my cracker jigsaws have arrived ( I think it was you who mentioned them - apologies if not - thank you if so 💐)

It could, in someone else’s hands.

I don’t even know how interested they are in it any more. It used to be all they talked about. Now she’s moved on to her “business”.

Oh - my comment "There's no pleasing some people" just reminded me of the end of The Custom of the Country" Edith Wharton , featuring 👋Urdine Spragg. Not really a spoiler I think , apologies if so . Fabulous book.

It’s in my electronic pile @BasiliskStare . Working my way towards it!

Official Netflix rankings are out, the show never made it onto the official top 10 ranking anywhere in the world.

Guess that’s her lifestyle TV career all but over.

Kim Kardashians acting debut show has 3% on Rotten Tomato, Megan’s show did marginally better with 18%, so I guess that’s something.

Official Netflix rankings are out, the show never made it onto the official top 10 ranking anywhere in the world.

What a shame for her, I hope she finds her niche against all the odds. She is after all trying to earn money for her family and just gets mocked and insulted whilst trying to do that. I imagine some posters are delighted it didn't make the top 10.
Good luck to her for the future

I will have a look at it when time allows, I like schmaltzy Xmas stuff

She really needs to find something she is good at if she wants to make money. Being married to Harry won’t carry her forever.

I can see her being the face for a make up brand. She wouldn’t have to speak or do anything but look good in photos. That would be best.

Make up or a perfume brand would be a good call for her. She’s stunning. But she needs to find a lane and stick to it, not to try and reinvent the wheel.

There are millions of stunning people out there though. Simply being pretty and well known doesn't mean you can have a successful cosmetics brand.

Personally I think the ship has sailed regarding her building any sort of sustainable 'brand'. Luckily she's rich enough, mostly though her husband's family, to live a very comfortable life without having to work. 5 years ago she had the chance to create a sustainable brand, but that opportunity has been and gone.