READ MORE:The Duchess of Sussex is due to start filming her first solo series for Netflix on Tuesday, but viewers hoping that it will give them a glimpse into Meghan’s enviable lifestyle are going to be left sorely disappointed.Instead, the series – which will, according to the American streaming giant, ‘celebrate the joys of cooking and gardening, entertaining and friendship’ – is to be shot at another property in their expensive California neighbourhood.
The message followed the Sussexes’ explosive 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey in which, among other accusations, they claimed there had been among the Royal Family ‘concerns and conversations about how dark’ the skin of the child Meghan was expecting at the time – Archie – would be. The series, which will tie in with Meghan’s new lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard, is one of two new television projects she and Harry are making for Netflix. Their multi-million-dollar deal with the company is up for renewal next year.
In their Netflix docuseries, Prince Harry was seen in one piece of footage reading to his two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, with the couple's dogs enjoying the California sunshine at their Montecito home The carefully choreographed event raised funds for the Sentebale organisation which the Prince co-founded in 2006 to help children battling HIV in Africa.
Echoing the Duke's choice of showrunner, the Duchess' programme is being run by Leah Hariton, who produces Selena Gomez's cooking show Selena + Chef, which sees the popstar learn how to cook dishes with professional chefs. It is almost inevitable that Meghan will seek to link her as-yet-untitled programme into new lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard , which she launched earlier this year with a video of her mixing ingredients in a retro-styled home kitchen.
Trademark applications in the US have indicated Meghan will sell trendy cookware as well as fashionable food products such as fruit butters and spreads made with legumes under the ARO brand, as well as her own cookbooks. The brand will focus on home, garden, food and general lifestyle wares. It is reportedly set to work as an extension of her former lifestyle blog The Tig, an insider told Page Six Style.
Meghan Markle was seen congratulating her husband Prince Harry with a passionate kiss after he won a charity polo match in Miami on Friday