Meghan Markle may cancel Netflix show after 'failing' to rival Kate Middleton: expert

Meghan Markle may have unintentionally set herself up for comparison with Kate Middleton after releasing her With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration just days before Kate’s much-anticipated Christmas carol concert.

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams didn’t hold back when comparing the two seasonal events, insisting Meghan is trying, and failing, to replicate the impact Princess Kate naturally delivers.

“Meghan is secretly battling to emulate some of the magic that Kate clearly creates, but it is not working,” he said, per Express UK.

According to Fitzwilliams, the Duchess’s sunny persona may actually be working against her. “She displayed almost relentless positivity, which actually becomes weary to watch. It seems that she’d like to be a sort of Californian Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every way, and therefore her show just does not have the same level of substance as Kate’s carol concert.”

“The trouble is that in the position she is in with their downgraded Netflix deal, which isn’t an unusual position to be in, she needed a big name.”

While tennis superstar Naomi Osaka appeared in the episode, Fitzwilliams believes she lacked the global name recognition needed to boost ratings.

“While Naomi Osaka is very big in her field, there will be many people who didn’t know who she was. So if viewers are Googling the names of her guests, it’s not looking particularly good for their future with Netflix, so this may well be the last episode we get of the series.”

The expert also says Meghan’s ongoing sense of “rivalry” with Princess Kate remains impossible to ignore.

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