Oh, Meghan – we expected more from you than ‘trad wife’

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And yet, when I watched the trailer for the Duchess of Sussex’s new Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, all I could think was: I didn’t realise there was a sequel to Get Out. There was the nauseatingly saccharine Netflix docuseries with Prince Harry that came out in 2022; the Archetypes podcast that I found unbearably sanctimonious; and now this: an eight-part so-called “lifestyle” programme that seems to be little more than an exercise in showing us how lovely Meghan’s kitchen looks on camera with her famous friends inside it. According to Netflix, With Love, Meghan, blends “practical how-tos and candid conversation with friends, new and old”, and will see Meghan sharing “personal tips and tricks, embracing playfulness over perfection and highlighting how easy it can be to create beauty, even in the unexpected”. Everything Meghan says in the trailer is a twee platitude that could’ve been ripped off an Ikea poster: “We’re not in the pursuit of perfection, we’re in the pursuit of joy.” Clearly, this is an attempt for Meghan to separate herself from The Firm – even Harry features in a single, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it shot in the trailer – and move on from the trauma of it all by returning to her lifestyle-blogging roots.