MEGHAN Markle’s new podcast will be a flop with no substance just like her Netflix show, a royal expert has blasted.
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, announced episodes of her latest business venture, Confessions Of A Female Founder, will be dropping next moth.
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The Duchess will be speaking to fellow female entrepreneurs on her new podcast[/caption]
It follows the release of her eight-part Netflix series With Love, Meghan which saw her making meals and crafting with Hollywood pals.
The new podcast which succeeds her first, Archetypes, will see the mum-of-two chatting to small business owners and how they grew their empires.
This will compliment the launch of her latest re-brand, As Ever, which has so far teased products including fruit preserves and embroidered napkins.
However, With Love, Meghan has since received fierce criticism and currently has a rating of just 2.8/10 on IMDb.
Meanwhile, As Ever was faced with several blows after fellow business owners, and a Majorcan mayor, accused the Duchess of plagiarism over the name and logo.
And, Archetypes was axed from Spotify less than a year after its debut – seeing the Sussexes reportedly lose out on an £18 million payout.
In light of the announcement, Royal expert Hugo Vickers spoke to The Sun about Meg’s second attempt at creating a successful podcast.
He said: “She’s always making another step. But with love, Meghan hasn’t been, as far as I can see, a great success.
“I mean, it’s been very highly criticized, and this one looks a little bit touchy-feely as well.
“It’s one of those sort of awful things if you’re going to watch a program about how people set up a small business and turn it into something fabulous, I’d rather watch a real expert, who was tried and tested in the field – rather than somebody who swans in and delivers some random thoughts, but that’s just my opinion.
“The other one [podcast] wasn’t a success, and this one may or may not be.
“She has to keep trying. I mean, it is possible if she does enough podcasts, eventually one of them will work.
“But this one doesn’t look terribly exciting to me.
“I’m sure there will be issues [with the new podcast]. She’s always going to be in a problem, I think, because of some of the things that she said in the past which have been very contentious, there is a lot of hostility towards her and there’s also a lot of suspicion. What is she really up to?”
The royal expert added how it appears there are “two different” Meghan’s – the mum-to-be who sat down with Oprah in 2021 – and the homemaking queen today.
Mr Vickers claimed this makes people “suspicious”, as well as her “endless reinvention”.
Despite giving the Duchess “credit” for trying to launch another project in the face of criticism, he added: “Maybe it’ll work out.
“But you ask me for my professional opinion. I don’t think it will.”
The royal commentator touched on why he feels Confessions Of A Female Founder may not be a hit.
“I do think she’s spreading herself rather thin,” he said.
He also highlighted issues with With Love, Meghan, that could also translate to the podcast.
“I don’t think it was about cooking at all. It was all about Megan,” said Mr Vickers.
“It was Megan wearing different outfits and swanning around in somebody else’s kitchen, hardly ever wearing an apron, as far as I could see.
“So it didn’t really seem to be terribly genuine. And that’s the worry.
“Now we’re going to get lots of conversations which we can listen into, I suppose, of her chatting to people who’ve succeeded and people who’ve failed. You know what are their tricks? What are their tumbles?
“I think she’s at the moment had more tumbles than anything else.
“But you see, I think where she’s in trouble is that the world is sort of rather turning against her.
“I can’t tell you how excited everybody was when she came on the scene, and somehow she’s managed to turn all that round.
“When you watch a program you really want to see something with substance.
“This morning Prue Leith was talking about a new show she’s doing, and I mean she’s been at it for years, and she is a very, very professional cook, and they asked her would she be watching With Love, Meghan?
“And she said no way she would be watching it. She said she didn’t want to watch something which is all to do with people deciding what hand cream to wear and things.
“She wants substance. And so I think that’s what the With Love, Meghan programs were lacking.
“It was all very superficial.
“And I just wonder how this podcast will be different.”
The Sussexes were contacted for comment.
Meghan Markle’s Netflix show is renewed for a 2nd season
NETFLIX is making a second series of With Love Meghan – and have announced the surprise decision just after the first season debuted.
The huge interest in the programme, which features Meghan with cameos from husband Prince Harry, has convinced bosses to give it another outing.
The duchess posted on Instagram saying she’s “thrilled” with the decision.
Wearing a Netflix cap she was seen grinning in a short clip on her stories, with the caption: “Lettuce romaine calm… or not(!) because I’m thrilled to share that Season 2 of ‘With Love, Meghan’ is coming!”
A TV insider said: “This may raise a few eyebrows but one thing which Netflix love is controversy – and this show certainly created alot of debate.
“Many were so scathing about the eight-part series that they thought there was no way it would get another season.
“But it seems the streamer is delighted with the chatter its created on both sides of the Atlantic this week.”
It’s not clear whether work has already started on the second series, but Netflix want it to drop later this year.
