‘Quite mad and a little bit sad’: Meghan’s ‘insipid’ Netflix Christmas special is panned by critics

Times columnist Hilary Rose described the show as ‘unfathomable’, adding that it featured ‘four pointless crafts, three random “friends”, two unseen kids, one English prince and a duchess in a pear tree, or at least making pear syrup’.
The writer wrote that guests ‘queue up to say implausible things, running the gamut from moronic to trite and then emote joy’.
She added that some of the dialogue left her feeling like ‘the English language has been fed through Google Translate and found wanting’.
Turning to the section on Meghan making her advent calendar featuring ‘inspirational quotes and tiny perfectly wrapped gifts’, Ms Rose said it was ‘unimprovable, at least unless what you actually want from an advent calendar is chocolate’.

She added that viewers ‘learn that red is a festive colour and that if you don’t like cheese or pepper, you might not like a dish consisting of cheese and pepper’.
In the Telegraph’s one-star review from arts and entertainment editor Anita Singh, the episode was labelled ‘quite mad and a little bit sad’.
She cited the appearance of Naomi Osaka as the ‘most awkward section’ of the programme, adding that the tennis star ‘has never met Meghan before and, judging by her expression, won’t be meeting her again soon if she can help it’.