{"id":186881,"date":"2025-08-14T18:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/meghan-markle-accused-of-copying-kate-middleton-with-netflix-christmas-special\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T18:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:05:14","slug":"meghan-markle-accused-of-copying-kate-middleton-with-netflix-christmas-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/meghan-markle-accused-of-copying-kate-middleton-with-netflix-christmas-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle Accused of &#8216;Copying&#8217; Kate Middleton With Netflix Christmas Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/08\/with-love-meghan-season-2-preview-meghan-markles-famous-guests-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Netflix made some major announcements<\/a> about Meghan Markle\u2019s lifestyle show.<\/p>\n<p>We already knew that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/03\/meghan-markles-netflix-show-renewed-for-season-2-despite-harsh-criticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>With Love, Meghan<\/em> had been renewed for a second season<\/a>, but we now know that Meghan has also filmed a Christmas special, which is set to drop in December.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, fans of the Duchess of Sussex were overjoyed by the news that they\u2019ll be invited into her home for the holidays.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/With_Love_Meghan_n_S2_E8_00_31_49_01RC-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"Meghan Markle chats with Jose Andres in a scene from her Netflix lifestyle show.\" class=\"wp-image-532371 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/With_Love_Meghan_n_S2_E8_00_31_49_01RC-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/With_Love_Meghan_n_S2_E8_00_31_49_01RC-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/With_Love_Meghan_n_S2_E8_00_31_49_01RC-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/With_Love_Meghan_n_S2_E8_00_31_49_01RC-960x640.webp 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/With_Love_Meghan_n_S2_E8_00_31_49_01RC-1080x720.webp 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/With_Love_Meghan_n_S2_E8_00_31_49_01RC-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/With_Love_Meghan_n_S2_E8_00_31_49_01RC.webp 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/With_Love_Meghan_n_S2_E8_00_31_49_01RC.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meghan Markle chats with Jose Andres in a scene from her Netflix lifestyle show.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Netflix)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(Well, sort of \u2026 Despite the domestic feel of the show, the series is not actually filmed in Harry and Meghan\u2019s kitchen.)<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meghan-receives-torrent-of-criticism-from-kate-supporters\">Meghan receives torrent of criticism from Kate supporters<\/h2>\n<p>But because Meghan can\u2019t do anything without haters raining on her parade, news of the Christmas special was followed by a deluge of criticism from royalists.<\/p>\n<p>Their primary complaint seems to be that Meghan is \u201ccopying\u201d Kate by \u2026 celebrating Christmas?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s true that Kate seems to rather enjoy Christmas, and the royals\u2019 annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/kate-middleton-skipped-king-charles-annual-pre-christmas-lunch-whats-going-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Together at Christmas concert<\/a> has become one of her signature events.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not like Kate has a copyright on televised Christmas celebrations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive to attend Christmas Day Church service at Church of St Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham estate on December 25, 2018 in King's Lynn, England.\" class=\"wp-image-532522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive to attend Christmas Day Church service at Church of St Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham estate on December 25, 2018 in King's Lynn, England.\" class=\"wp-image-532522 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1086574136-6-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive to attend Christmas Day Church service at Church of St Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham estate on December 25, 2018 in King\u2019s Lynn, England.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Stephen Pond\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-14992743\/Royal-fans-accuse-Meghan-Markle-copying-Kate-festive-new-Netflix-announcement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a><\/em> points out, social media has been flooded by vitriol from royalists who are concerned about the possibility that Meghan might upstage Kate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything to compete with Catherine. A December holiday special, really?\u201d one person asked, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeghan\u2019s \u2018Christmas Special\u2019 may clash with the Princess of Wales Together at Christmas concert?! Oh I am in no doubts that Meghan would push for that date specifically!\u201d another exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Christmas special?! Good grief, is there NOTHING Meghan won\u2019t attempt to do better than Catherine, Princess of Wales \u2013 and fail MISERABLY at? Just when I thought we would take up a Netflix subscription again,\u201d a third chimed in.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, apparently, Meghan haters are so upset over the Sussexes\u2019 Netflix deal that they\u2019ve actually been canceling their subscriptions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex joins in making Christmas decorations during her visit to the Royal Variety Charity's residential nursing and care home, Brinsworth House in Twickenham, south west London on December 18, 2018.\" class=\"wp-image-532523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex joins in making Christmas decorations during her visit to the Royal Variety Charity's residential nursing and care home, Brinsworth House in Twickenham, south west London on December 18, 2018.\" class=\"wp-image-532523 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1074362470-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Britain\u2019s Meghan, Duchess of Sussex joins in making Christmas decorations during her visit to the Royal Variety Charity\u2019s residential nursing and care home, Brinsworth House in Twickenham, south west London on December 18, 2018.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (GEOFF PUGH\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most of them probably couldn\u2019t tell you <em>why<\/em> Meghan infuriates them so (or at least they couldn\u2019t tell you without sounding like horrible people), so they make up some nonsense about the royals being upstaged \u2014 by a mom in California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Just like Princess Catherine\u2019s Holiday special then! The difference is Megan has no Royals or family attending hers!\u2019 one X user wrote, according to the <em>Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is sad certain accounts on here will promote it if it lands on the same day as Catherine\u2019s Christmas special and give her free publicity instead of ignoring Meghan,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d suggest that these people google \u201cparasocial relationships\u201d and spend less time fretting over the egos of literal kings, princes, and princesses who probably have pretty nice lives.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, hating Meghan is clearly their favorite hobby, and we don\u2019t want to interfere with something that seems to bring them so much joy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/08\/meghan-markle-accused-of-copying-kate-middleton-with-netflix-christmas-special\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Earlier this week, Netflix made some major announcements about Meghan Markle\u2019s lifestyle show. We already knew that With Love, Meghan had been renewed for a second season, but we now know that Meghan has also filmed a Christmas special, which is set to drop in December. Naturally, fans of the Duchess [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":186882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-186881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}