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Sky News AU
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
Meghan Markle's ‘As Ever' wine gets mixed reaction from critics
Entertainment Reporter Bronte Coy weighs in on the launch of Meghan Markle's 'As Ever' rose, noting the 'divided' reaction to the new wine. 'Like all things that Meghan puts out there, it's divided the crowd,' Ms Coy told Sky News host Caroline Di Russo. 'At a $45 price point, you would expect it to be of higher quality. 'I wouldn't say it's been overwhelmingly positive in the feedback so far.'
The Sun
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Meghan's twerking video was so cringey it was like parody – but it did exactly what she wanted, expert says
Meghan's "cringeworthy" twerking video was like a parody - but it did exactly what she wanted, according to a royal expert. Meghan, 43, posted the hospital twerk footage on June 3 to celebrate daughter Lilibet's fourth birthday. 4 The Duchess showed off her dance moves in the delivery room Credit: Instagram 4 The couple resorted to dancing in an attempt to induce labour Credit: Instagram/Megan 4 Even Prince Harry joined in and dropped it down low for the camera Credit: Instagram/Megan However, Bronte Coy, the Royal Correspondent for Australian news site believes the release of the twerking footage was a tactical ploy by Meghan - and a very successful one at that. Speaking on The Sun's Royal Exclusive YouTube series, hosted by our Royal Editor Matt Wilkinson, she called the video "very difficult to watch". "I honestly genuinely had to go to her page to make sure it had originated there because I thought it was a parody," she added. But she believes that Meghan is now in the influencer game and her goal is to get as many eyeballs on her content as possible - by any means possible. Coy said: "She's someone who is now working as an influencer. The direct marketing campaign is to your Instagram audience. "In that respect, I think she's got something like 42 million views on this video, which I think all of us were among them, but everyone I've ever spoken to seems to have been among them." She added: "There are people watching what she's doing. That directly relates, I would assume, to the sales that she's having and eyes that are on her Netflix show and that are going to her website as ever. "It was obviously very difficult to watch, it was quite cringeworthy but you are generating headlines. "That is the aim of people in this space, but then when you compare it to how we would react with the working royals putting out that kind of content, I think it's apples and oranges. because, of course, looking at it through that filter, you think, what are you doing? This is not appropriate." Moment Meghan Markle twerks and dances with Prince Harry before giving birth to Lilibet in rare birthday video Wilkinson credits Meghan's decision to launched her Instagram account on January 1 as the move that kickstarted her move into the influencer sphere. He said: "It started on January 1st with a huge explosion, and it hasn't stopped. It's been on fire all year. "At the end of last year, I was going through all the Sun front pages, and I put them all out on X, to show what had happened throughout the Royal year. "And Meghan wasn't on it. I think she was on once with Harry when Harry was in Canada, at a pre-Invictus Games event. She wasn't there. She wasn't big news last year. "She is big news now because of her Instagram." Coy says the Duchess is now living in a world in which "relevance is currency" - while The Sun's Royal Photographer Arthur Edwards believes Meghan wants to be "the second Gwyneth Paltrow." Meghan has used her Instagram to show snapshots of her family life, as well as sharing details of her businesses and her Netflix show 'With Love, Meghan' which has been picked up for a second series. While the panel agreed that we will be unlikely to see footage of William and Kate in the delivery room any time soon, there was a general agreement that Meghan is now operating in an entertainment capacity rather than a royal one. 4 Royal experts say joining Instagram has set Meghan on the path to full-time influencer Credit: Instagram ITV's Royal Editor Chris Shipp said: "It doesn't matter what people are saying about the video and, of course, some people loved it, other people absolutely hated it, but people are talking about them. He added: "They did say after Harry's book that this was him closing the chapter on looking back all the time. "'We're now going to look forward on our business, Meghan's business,' she doesn't care what people in the UK think about her twerking video in a labour ward four years ago. "She cares about eyeballs, relevance, whether that translates into her business empire." Ship added: "She sees potential in her brand and Instagram is the vehicle to get her that business and that custom and it's all about the United States, it's not about here."
The Sun
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
You're NOT a typical working mum, Meghan – you've got a nanny & it's so grating when you whine, expert slams
MEGHAN Markle has been slammed by a royal expert for whining about being a typical working mum despite having a nanny. The Duchess of Sussex, 43, admitted in April she had an "amazing" nanny who had helped her look after Prince Archie, aged six, and Princess Lilibet, aged three, for the past five years. 3 3 3 However, an expert has slammed the mum-of-two for "going on and on" about her life as a working mum, despite her "great privilege" giving her access to helpful resources that much of the rest of the world "cannot afford". Speaking on The Sun's Royal Exclusive Show, Royal Correspondent Bronte Coy said she was "frustrated" by Meghan for "overusing" the examples of her motherly responsibilities. The expert explained: "I have a son, but when I hear people from positions of great privilege - where they can afford nannies and a lot of help - go on and on and on about the working mum thing, it's not the same. "Yes, it's time away from your kid - I definitely understand that aspect - but it's not the same as the working mum idea that a lot of the rest of the world has to deal with. "And so she really leaned into that a lot, and I think, well, is this a struggle that you have a lot?" Bronte added: "You do have help. And also you are at home a lot." "I find that a little bit grating." Meghan had admitted in an appearance on The Jamie Kern Lima Show in April that her nanny would step in to help take her children to school. Her admission came just weeks after the Duchess of Sussex said she felt the " juggling" of working and being a mum was " incredibly overwhelming", adding: "Oh my gosh, I just need a break." Adding to Bronte's points, broadcaster and writer Esther Krakue said Meghan was trying "to be this thing that she's clearly not", in relation to her "influencer" status. There's nothing much left of 'erratic' Harry in terms of a man, he's just watching Meghan crack on Esther explained: "I don't even want to feel like we're beating down on everything she does - I genuinely wish her all the success. "But I feel sad that she feels the need to be this thing that she's clearly not. She's not a chemist. She's not a physicist." "But that's fine - sometimes it's OK to just be pretty and to have good fortune in life and to ride that wave." In response, Bronte added that she felt Meghan would be best suited to returning to her lifestyle space, which "she clearly loves." The expert added: "I think that she, I was always hopeful when she leaned into the lifestyle space, clearly she loves that. "I thought maybe we're going to see a more relaxed, casual, real Meghan - I really had hoped that would work - I thought that was going to be a good idea for her. "I have been disappointed by the output, however. "I think it's just not quite landed for a lot of people, particularly now the show is wrapped up." There's nothing left of the man that was Harry, he's erratic and just watching Meghan crack on, expert says Prince Harry is nothing but a shell of his former self as he watches his wife Meghan Markle succeed in her life, an expert has claimed. The Duke of Sussex also appears to be "erratic" in his behaviour, given his latest "random" visit to China, which clashed with King Charles and Queen Camilla's visit to Canada, the expert added. All of this comes while his wife Meghan has engaged in a major re-brand this year, launching her new podcast and finding success with her business As Ever. Speaking on The Sun's Royal Exclusive Show, broadcaster and writer Esther Krakue said Harry's visit to China for his sustainable travel charity Travalyst was done as he "has nothing left". She said: "If you think about it critically, what else does he [Harry] have left? "I mean, he's resigned from Sentebale, while it's being investigated. "He's no longer a working royal, [and while] he has his other charity work with the Invictus Games, his involvement is not as in-depth because it's every few years. "This [Travalyst] is really all he has left." Esther added that Meghan's continued success meant Harry was living in her shadow, leaving him with nothing left of his former self. She continued: "It kind of feels like [this] because there's nothing left. "He's just watching Meghan go from experiment to experiment, you know, taking his kids to school and dropping them off - but really, there isn't much there in terms of the man. "What is the man about?" This comes as the Duchess of Sussex's Netflix cooking show was slammed by an expert for not "being entertaining or informative". The Netflix series saw Meghan making guest baskets, beeswax candles, and a single skillet spaghetti, filmed at a farmhouse near her £12million Montecito mansion. Esther shared: 'There's nothing there. 'She's very, like - I'm not saying this to be horrible - she is not an entertainer or an entertaining person. 'There's not much personality there. 'I never learn anything from her. I love lifestyle shows. I watch them every day. I don't learn anything. I didn't learn anything from hers. And she's just not entertaining. 'She's not a fun person to be around. 'You don't think this is the person I want to go to the pub with to have a pint with. 'It's very clear that she is not box office in terms of entertainment quality.'
