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

‘So in theory I should enjoy With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration for what it means to provide: a massage for the brain. Sadly this most Markle-y of Netflix content tests the limits of my holiday cheer.’
Ms Ewens also wrote that Meghan ‘makes Christmas food and decorative items for your benefit without actually showing you how to do things or listing the ingredients you need like a cooking show’.
She described the show as ‘numbing content in the background of our holiday season’, adding: ‘White noise to dull the senses.’

The Guardian’s TV critic Lucy Mangan was tempted to give it one star, but wrote: ‘I feel both offended and harmed, but in the spirit of goodwill I will add a star to my rating in gratitude for the fact that at least we are safe now until next year.’
She also advised ‘any viewers who are British, not in the acting profession and/or not married to the Duchess of Sussex to take as many anti-emetics as medically advisable, then assume the crash position’.
Ms Mangan wrote that Meghan and American restaurateur Will Guidara ‘make crackers and compete to out-drivel each other’.
She added of Osaka: ‘I’ve never seen anyone more desperate to get home.’

A further two-star review came in the Standard from writer India Block, who says the ‘duchess formerly known as Markle firmly believes that holiday traditions can be boiled down to word salads of platitudes’.
She adds: ‘Netflix has really hit its stride with this special episode of With Love, Meghan. They’re really leaning the frantic energy of its star trying to crack puns without splashing hot oil or butter down her pristine cashmere sweaters.