MEGHAN Markle needs to “stop” trying to “monetise her life”, royal pros have warned.
The Duchess, who recently launched her very own jar of As Ever raspberry spread, has now been criticised and slammed as “vacuous” for promoting “empty, boring things”, such as selling jam.
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The mum-of-two, 43, has also recently released the first episode of her new podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder, but has now been criticised as being “so scared of saying the wrong thing”.
Speaking on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show, writer and broadcaster Esther Krakue and Newsweek’s chief royal correspondent Jack Royston met with Bronte Coy, News.com.au’s Royal Reporter, to get candid on Meghan’s Netflix cooking show and her As Ever brand.
Jack stressed that the Sussexes “need to find a way, but also a motivation, to push themselves into more daring television or podcasts that isn’t a fight with the monarchy.”
He explained: “I think Meghan has to go through this phase of things that don’t quite land in order to summon from within herself the motivation to leave the house and not just monetise her own life, because I think that’s basically what she’s doing.”
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Unimpressed with Meghan’s Netflix show, Jack continued: “She’s trying to monetise her life.
“She’s got a little home farm which she’s using to cook, to make crudité boards for the kids and someone’s turned around and said, ‘oh, this is so wonderful, you make the best crudité boards’, so she’s like, ‘I’m going to make it into a TV show’.”
Jack also snapped: “You can’t do that – your millionaire lifestyle is not interesting enough to people who are struggling for you to just monetise your own life.
“You have to push it. You have to leave the house. You have to push yourself out of your comfort zone and what I actually think she should do is sit across the table from people who disagree with her, because no royal family member has ever done that, it’s never happened.
“[Prince Harry and Meghan] have to stop just having love-ins with their friends – it’s so boring and they can do better.
“Meghan honestly can do better and she just needs to aim higher but in order to aim higher, she needs the motivation, she needs to feel the hunger and there’s just no hunger with them.”
Esther chimed in and claimed that Meghan “needs to be comfortable with controversy.”
She acknowledged: “I think she’s so scared of saying the wrong thing, which is interesting because she’s become such a subject of controversy – I mean, the term Megxit is because of her.”
Your millionaire lifestyle is not interesting enough to people who are struggling for you to just monetise your own life
Jack Royston
Not only this, but Esther recognised: “She is a celebrity, she’s always going to have media outlets following her wherever she goes.
“But she can do something with that other than vacuous, empty, boring things like selling jam or having interviews with her friends that don’t really add any value to anyone’s lives.
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- Archewell Foundation – A nonprofit supporting charitable initiatives.
- Netflix Deal – Producing content like Harry & Meghan and With Love, Meghan.
- Archetypes Podcast – Former Spotify show on female stereotypes.
- Clevr Blends – Investment in a women-owned wellness latte brand.
- Cesta Collective – Minority stake in a handbag brand supporting Rwandan artisans.
- As Ever – Previously known as American Riviera Orchard lifestyle brand selling jam.
- ShopMy Page – Online store featuring her curated fashion and beauty items.
- New Podcast – Confessions of a Female Founder focusing on entrepreneurship.
“I think that’s something that they should really be comfortable with pushing.”
As well as this, Esther also claimed: “She clearly has no understanding of business. Bear in mind, I hate to remind everyone, this is an actress.
I think she’s so scared of saying the wrong thing, which is interesting because she’s become such a subject of controversy
Esther Krakue
“She didn’t train as a chemist or as a doctor or as an engineer. She is an actress, so I think it’s fair enough to not have high expectations of her intelligence.”
Additionally, when it comes to Meghan’s new podcast, Bronte asked: “Do we think that Meghan is going to manage to push through with this podcast? Do you think that this will be her big podcast comeback or do you think she’s failed to land the plane?”
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But to this, Jack expressed: “I think this isn’t going to be her big podcast comeback.
“But it could be a necessary step on the way for her to realise that she has to push herself harder and do more.
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“I think there’s a bit of complacency that’s creeping into the Sussex camp where they went in all guns blazing, largely pointed at the monarchy.
“They did the whole royal bombshells thing – ultimately, it destroyed their reputation so they had to stop.
“They then stopped and realised they had to do something that was more comfortable, and they wound up with something very vanilla, so they’ve done incredibly dramatic, but toxic, now they’re doing boring, but safe.”
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