Meghan Markle’s lifestyle show to premiere on Jan 15 on Netflix

LOS ANGELES – Meghan Markle, the former actress wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, will launch her new lifestyle and cooking show on Netflix on Jan 15, she announced on social media on Jan 2.

“I have been so excited to share this with you. I hope you love the show as much as I loved making it,” the Duchess of Sussex wrote on Instagram.

Netflix released a trailer for With Love, Meghan, an eight-episode series in which the Suits (2011 to 2019) star will share tips on cooking, gardening, crafting, flower arranging and hosting.

Guests will include celebrated chef Alice Waters, actress Mindy Kaling and close friend Abigail Spencer, one of Meghan’s Suits co-stars. Prince Harry appears briefly in the trailer.

“Beyond grateful for the support – and fun,” Markle wrote on Instagram.

In March 2024, the 43-year-old launched the lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard.

Since stepping away from their official royal duties in early 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been cut off from the royal purse, forcing them to develop their own sources of income.

Their partnership with Netflix yielded the much-talked-about Harry & Meghan, a six-episode docuseries launched in December 2022.

In April, the couple – who live in California – announced Markle’s lifestyle show, as well as a second series on the world of professional polo. Prince Harry, 40, is a long-time polo enthusiast.

They are estranged from the royal family after making repeated complaints that Markle, who is mixed race, was mistreated during their time as working royals.

Prince Harry briefly went to Britain for the coronation of his father King Charles III, and again after the monarch was diagnosed with cancer.

Prince Harry has reportedly not spoken to his brother Prince William in months. Upon news in March that Prince William’s wife Kate was also battling cancer, Prince Harry and Markle said: “We wish health and healing for Kate and the family.” AFP