Meghan Markle’s Way To Deal With Criticism In Meetings Revealed By Report And Slammed By Public

Amid reports that the multi-year partnership between theDuke and Duchess of SussexandNetflixhas come to an end, new details have surfaced aboutMeghan Markle's meetingswith the streaming giant.

Several insiders, along with journalistMatt Donnelly, have alleged that Meghan has anunusual wayofhandling criticism, particularly during virtual calls with executives.

These behaviors were reportedly most evident during discussions surrounding herlifestyle brand, As Ever, and her recentlynon-renewed series,With Love, Meghan.

"She just couldn't handle the truthsabout what was said to her," wrote one social media user.

Netflix officially withdrew as an investor from Meghan Markle's lifestyle brand, As Ever, and did not renew her series for another season

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In March 2026, Netflix officially announced its withdrawal as an investor from Meghan Markle's lifestyle brand, As Ever, along with the non-renewal of her lifestyle seriesWith Love, Meghanfor a third season.

Netflix described its role as a "passive partner" during the brand's launch year, providing initial backing for product development and shipping.

While both parties framed the move as a "natural transition" for the brand to stand on its own, reports suggest the decision followed disappointing viewership for the tie-in series.

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According toVariety, Netflix was also left with approximately $10 million in unsold inventory, including jams, teas, and $64 candles.

Reportedly, Netflix has not completely cut ties due to a "first-look deal" with Meghan and Prince Harry, which gives the platform the right of first refusal on any new projects the Sussexes pitch. However, it no longer provides the same level of guaranteed funding as before.

Amid these developments,Varietychief correspondent Matt Donnelly madeseveral bombshell claimsabout theSuitsactress's approach to handling criticism of her work.

Varietyjournalist Matt Donnelly made several bombshell claims about Meghan's attitude while receiving criticism during meetings

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While appearing on an episode ofThe Royalistpodcast, Donnelly told the host, "Multiple sources told me that when Meghan would sit in meetings, especially those regarding her brand As Ever, her lifestyle and homewares range, if she heard feedback she didn't like or ideas she didn't think were appropriate, she would turn her Zoom camera off toexpress her displeasure."

The journalist jokingly added, "It's certainly an interesting way to provide feedback in Hollywood."

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He also discussed how, despite no longer being active senior royals, both Meghan and Prince Harry still appear to follow certain royal-style protocols, which can interfere with their business model in Hollywood.

Donnelly explained, "I think, for how they live, the protocols they follow are very similar to what a senior royal might have."

"You know, long security advances, many preceding greetings, middle managers and underlings who introduce them or create a buffer before you actually get to the two principals of the company, which I think is unusual in show business," he added.

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Donnelly concluded, "For all itsglamour and intimidation, Hollywood is a working culture. It's a business like any other, and it has its own protocols… Deals are done over lunch at the Polo Lounge, which means meetings are often held with large groups inside a studio."

"There is not so much decorum. I think it's maybe the Sussexes are used to," the reporter concluded.

These claims were also echoed by Matt in a March 17 piece forVarietytitledInside Meghan and Harry's Falling Out With Netflix.

One comment read, "She had to go in the other room & make up another lie. She needs rehearsals"

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In the article, Donnelly alleged that a Netflix insider told the outlet, "The mood in the building is 'We're done.'"

The report further claimed that Meghan would frequently interrupt or "talk over" Harry during virtual meetings, sometimes using subtle physical gestures, like touching his arm or thigh, before interjecting.

However, in a statement toVariety, Meghan's attorney, Michael J. Kump, firmlydismissed these allegations, describing them as "calculated to play into a misogynistic characterization of her bossing her husband around."

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Expanding on Markle's meeting behavior, Donnelly also reported that three sources alleged she would occasionally "disappear" from calls.

"Later, Netflix teams, such as the marketing department, would be informed that her absence was due to her being offended by something that was said," the report claimed.

However, attorney Kump refuted these claims, stating that Markle "works from home, is the mother ofyoung childrenaged 4 and 6, and often encounters (as many parents who work from home do) children who enter the space unexpectedly during a meeting."

"Netflix teams… would be informed that her absence was due to her being offended by something that was said," alleged Donnelly

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"Independent of being a parent who works from home, Meghan is also conscious of shielding her team from the distraction of children," the lawyer added.

"Nearly all professionals can attest to needing to turn off the audio or camera during a virtual meeting at some point during many hours of virtual business calls."

Reacting to theallegations, one critic bluntly wrote online, "None of this is surprising. It's clear why all her projects fail but she and her husband haven't figured it out yet."

"She's a horrible marketer, negotiator and business woman," read another harsh remark, while a third netizen added, "Messy is so rude and she takes offense if people don't grovel at her feet."

Others responded with sarcasm, with one user writing, "Like she disappeared from royal duties? And then disappeared to Canada? And then to Montecito? Is it too much to hope that she's so offended byVariety, she disappears to Australia, while there for her women's retreat?"

"When s**t doesn't go her way, she shuts down, and shuts ppl out, quite manipulative really," reacted one critic

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Hopes dim for swift end to Iran war after Trump speech, oil prices surge

By Steve Holland and Enas Alashray

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington

WASHINGTON/CAIRO, April 2 (Reuters) - Hopes for a swift end to the Middle East war faded on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed more aggressive strikes on Iran, disappointing investors hoping for clearer signals of a way out of the month-long conflict.

Stocks slid, oil prices surged and the dollar gained after Trump said military operations would be intensified in the next two to three weeks, ‌offering no concrete timeline for ending hostilities that have sparked global energy supply chaos and threatened to send the world economy into a tailspin.

"I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America's ‌military objectives shortly, very shortly," Trump said in a Wednesday evening prime-time speech.

"We're going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong."

Trump also suggested the war could escalate if Iranian leaders did not give in ​to U.S. terms during negotiations, with strikes on Iran's energy and oil infrastructure possible.

Iran's armed forces responded with a warning for the United States and Israel of "more crushing, broader and more destructive" attacks in store.

Ebrahim Zolfaqari, a spokesperson of the Khatam al-Anbiya central headquarters, said the war would continue until the "permanent regret and surrender" of Tehran's enemies, according to a statement shared by Iranian media.

NO REASSURANCE ON ENERGY CRISIS

Benchmark Brent crude prices jumped about 6% to $107.69 per barrel, with little reassurance from Trump's address about how the critical Strait of Hormuz energy conduit would reopen. Prices had fallen earlier on Thursday after settling lower in the previous session.

Stocks took a hit, with U.S. index futures down 1.3% and European futures sinking over 2%. Almost all Asian bourses were in the red, with Japan's Nikkei down ‌2.4% and MSCI's index of other Asia-Pacific shares down more than 2%.

"If he (Trump) was ⁠trying to inspire confidence in the markets, he has not done that," said Russel Chesler, Head of Investments and Capital Markets at Vaneck Australia. "The key question in all investors' minds is 'When is this going to be over?'"

There was no let up in hostilities, with the Israeli military saying it had identified missiles launched from Iran toward Israeli territory. Saudi Arabia's defence ministry said it had intercepted ⁠four drones on Thursday and Abu Dhabi said its defence systems had intercepted a missile near an economic zone, with minor damage caused.

The U.S. embassy in Baghdad urged its citizens to leave Iraq, warning of attacks in the capital by Iran-allied militia in the next 24-48 hours.

Thousands of people have been killed across the Middle East since February 28, when the U.S. and Israel struck Iran, triggering Iranian attacks on Israel, U.S. bases and the Gulf states, while opening a new front in Lebanon.

Iran also all but closed the Strait of Hormuz, a vital ​waterway ​carrying about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas, pushing up energy costs and weighing on Trump's sagging approval ratings months ahead ​of pivotal midterm congressional elections.

Trump in his speech mentioned what he called a short-term rise in ‌domestic gasoline prices but said the U.S. did not need the strait and he challenged allies who rely on oil in the region to work towards reopening it. He blamed the higher costs on Iran's "deranged terror attacks against commercial oil tankers".

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The International Monetary Fund, World Bank and International Energy Agency on Wednesday warned the war was having "substantial, global and highly asymmetric" effects and said they would coordinate their response, including through potential financial support to those countries hit hardest.

PROSPECTS ELUSIVE FOR NEAR-TERM RESOLUTION

In an interview with Reuters earlier on Wednesday, Trump said U.S.-Israeli strikes had ensured Iran would not obtain nuclear weapons, adding that U.S. forces could return with "spot hits" if the threat resurfaces.

"They were right at the doorstep (of a nuclear weapon)," Trump said in his TV address, without providing evidence, touting what he said were "swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield".

"We are systematically dismantling the regime's ability to threaten America or project power outside of their borders."

Prior to Trump's remarks, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a letter addressed to ‌the American people that his country harbours no enmity towards ordinary Americans.

Trump said discussions were ongoing with Iranian leaders he considered less radical than ​previous leaders. On social media earlier Wednesday, he said Iran had requested a ceasefire but that would not be considered until its Strait of Hormuz ​blockade ends. Iran denied making any such request.

A senior Iranian source told Reuters on Wednesday that Tehran is demanding ​a guaranteed ceasefire to halt its attacks and said no talks have taken place through intermediaries on a temporary truce.

Some analysts say if Trump were to end the war without a deal, Iran ‌could emerge more emboldened, with greater leverage.

'GO TO THE STRAIT AND JUST TAKE IT'

Two security sources ​from Pakistan, which is mediating in the conflict, told Reuters that ​Islamabad had proposed a temporary ceasefire but had not heard back from either side.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance communicated with Pakistani intermediaries about the Iran conflict as recently as Tuesday, according to a source briefed on the matter, making clear Trump was open to a ceasefire if certain demands were met.

Trump had suggested on Tuesday he could wind down the war soon without a deal and scaled up threats to withdraw from NATO, to which he told ​Reuters he planned to express his disgust for what he considers its lack of support.

European ‌states have sought to appear unruffled, and France's junior army minister Alice Rufo said operations by NATO in the Strait of Hormuz would be a breach of international law.

Trump did not explicitly mention NATO in his ​address but urged countries needing oil to buy it from the United States or to "build up some delayed courage".

"Go to the Strait and just take it," Trump said. "Iran has been essentially decimated. The hard part ​is done, so it should be easy."

(Reporting by Reuters Bureaux; Writing by Nathan Layne and Martin Petty; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)

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Expelled from camp, Palestinian refugees now face Iranian rockets

By Pesha Magid

TULKARM, West Bank, April 2 (Reuters) - The sight and sound of Iranian rockets arcing overhead have become near-daily for the Palestinian Ghanem family, expelled by the Israeli military from a refugee camp and now living in a rickety shack with a thin metal roof offering little protection.

The family are among an estimated 32,000 ‌people who Israel's military forced last year from homes in three longstanding camps housing Palestinian refugees and their descendants in the occupied West Bank.

Their situation has become even more precarious ‌since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, exposing the West Bank to falling debris from Iranian missiles taken out by Israeli interceptors.

"The children were terrified by the sound of the rockets," said Madleen Ghanem, who has children aged ​three, eight, 11 and 14 living with her in a one-room shack, while her older children live elsewhere.

More than 270 pieces of missile debris have fallen on the West Bank since the start of the war, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence rescue service.

Unlike in Israel, where bomb shelters are widely available, the West Bank has virtually no shelters, giving the Ghanem family nowhere to hide.

While Iran has not been reported to deliberately target Palestinian territories, four Palestinian women were killed last month when an Iranian missile hit the West Bank town of Hebron.

"We don't have shelters, the space where we stay is the same space ‌we hide in. There are no shelters and no place to ⁠run to," said Madleen.

Israel's military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

'THEY MADE US LEAVE'

In early 2025, during a brief truce in fighting with Hamas in Gaza, Israel's military began demolishing homes and destroying roadways in Tulkarm camp, the nearby Nur Shams camp, and the Jenin refugee camp in the northern ⁠West Bank.

Israel said its operations in the camps were necessary to demolish civilian infrastructure so that it could not be exploited by militants. Human Rights Watch called the expulsions war crimes and crimes against humanity, in a report on the displacements published last year.

Some leaders from Israel's ruling coalition have called repeatedly for Israel to annex the West Bank, an area around 100 km (60 miles) long that Palestinians see as the core of a ​future ​independent state, along with Gaza.

Israel cites historical and biblical ties to the West Bank, which it captured during ​a 1967 war.

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'CAN'T EVEN PROVIDE BASIC FOOD'

The Ghanems had lived in a three-storey ‌house in the crowded Tulkarm camp, where the women of the family had spent decades growing trees, flowers and vines that hugged their verandas.

Areej Ghanem, Madleen's sister-in-law, says Israeli soldiers broke into their family's home without warning in the middle of the night last year.

"We didn't take clothes, nothing at all. They made us leave. Our father can't get up or down...He's an old man, he can't walk. We left, dragging him," Areej said.

The Israeli military did not respond to a request for comment on the Ghanems' case.

After their house was destroyed, like many others in the camp, Areej, her sister and her niece moved with their father, Mahmoud Ghanem, 89, to a small rented room in the nearby town of Tulkarm.

Areej is the only one in the family earning money, working as a maid. ‌The room they rented is small with no kitchen, so Areej washes dishes in the bathroom. With little money, ​they have not been able to afford meat for more than a year.

"Honestly I have no hope for the future. ​We can't even provide basic food," Areej said.

Meanwhile Madleen, her husband Ibrahim - Areej's brother - and ​their children, who had also lived in the family house, moved to a different part of Tulkarm, where they had bought a small plot in 2023, ‌just before the Gaza war broke out.

Ibrahim had been working as a construction ​worker, one of thousands of Palestinians permitted to cross ​into Israel for work. But after the Hamas-led attacks in 2023, which sparked the Gaza war, Israel pulled work permits from most Palestinians. Ibrahim has been unemployed since.

Ibrahim says he and his wife sometimes cannot afford gas and instead do their cooking over a fire outdoors.

Though they now live about an hour's walk apart, the family tries to gather each ​week to create a semblance of normality.

At a dusty, roadside playground on ‌a recent Friday, Areej and Madleen spread a picnic blanket over a faded patch of synthetic turf as their children played.

Madleen said she dreams of finishing the house ​they started building and hopes one day the family can reunite under one roof. Areej said the important thing is that they find a way to remain together.

"Either ​we die together or we live joyfully together," she said.

(Reporting by Pesha Magid; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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Analysis-From international outcast to mediator in Iran war, Pakistan's remarkable makeover

By Saad Sayeed

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump participates in the official signing of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, in Sharm El-Sheikh

April 2 (Reuters) - A diplomatic outcast a year ago, Pakistan has become a trusted regional partner and a mediator between the U.S. and Iran to end the war in the Middle East, a remarkable transformation for the South Asian nation driven mostly by its powerful military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir.

Munir has had several meetings with President Donald Trump, including an unprecedented one-on-one lunch at the White House, while the government has ‌apprehended an Islamic State bomber accused of killing American troops and handed him over to the U.S.

In other moves to restore the Islamic nation's credibility, its diplomats have launched a sweeping outreach programme with world leaders, while consolidating ties ‌with principal ally China.

"Pakistan's civil-military leadership has been on a charm offensive primarily balancing relations between the U.S. and China as it seeks to employ a diversified foreign policy," Arsla Jawaid, global risk analyst at Control Risks, told Reuters.

"All these efforts are beginning to show some signs of success."

Since Osama bin Laden was killed ​by U.S. Navy SEALs in Pakistan in 2011, ties with the U.S. and the West had plunged. The jailing of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and accusations from Washington that Pakistan was supporting the Taliban behind the scenes during the 20-year Afghan war only made things worse.

On the economic front, Pakistan was perilously close to a debt default, until a new deal with the IMF was reached after tough negotiations about 18 months ago.

Analysts and government officials cite two turning points in Pakistan rebuilding trust with Washington.

The first breakthrough came in March last year, when Pakistan helped capture a suspect linked to the 2021 Kabul airport bombing in which 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. soldiers were killed, prompting public thanks from Trump and renewed intelligence sharing.

Maleeha Lodhi, a former Pakistan ambassador to the U.S., said the cooperation was "critical" in reversing decades of mistrust.

In ‌May, a clash with old enemy India reinforced the shift.

Foreign office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said ⁠the 90-hour conflict provided a massive boost to Pakistan's diplomatic credentials because the country's "military leadership showed tremendous restraint after successfully downing Indian fighter jets".

Pakistan was quick to engage the U.S. in efforts to end the conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours, and both Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif later nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.

LEVERS OF POWER

Even when democratic governments have been in power in Pakistan, the military ⁠has controlled the levers of power, making Munir's approval essential for any government policy.

His visit to the White House, the first time a sitting U.S. president had received Pakistan's military chief without civilian leadership present, signalled that Trump recognised Pakistan's internal power structure.

Pakistan's military did not respond to a request for comment on this story. Government officials have said the country's makeover has been spurred by a strong civil-military alliance and ability to effectively juggle relationships with Gulf countries as well as the U.S. and China.

"If there is one factor above all that has fuelled the widening of diplomatic opportunity ​for ​Pakistan, it is the trust and symbiosis between the field marshal and prime minister," Mosharraf Zaidi, Sharif's spokesperson, told Reuters.

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Both Zaidi and Andrabi highlighted diplomatic ​initiatives from their offices, and a flurry of meetings and almost daily phone calls with world leaders.

On ‌Sunday, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar hosted counterparts from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt for talks that focused on ending the war in Iran.

"Because of Mr. Dar's frequent interactions with these foreign ministers, they can share intimate comments as well as a solemn moment," Andrabi said.

'FAVOURITE FIELD MARSHAL'

Ties with Washington have since deepened through frequent engagement between Pakistan's civil and military leadership and the White House.

Munir and Sharif have held talks with the U.S. that included investment opportunities, a crypto deal with a Trump family-linked business, and Middle East security, anchoring Pakistan's makeover with a mixture of business deals and geopolitical alliances.

Munir, who Trump has called his "favourite field marshal", was the only serving military chief at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year. Sources said he held further interactions with Trump there, and has spoken with Vice President JD Vance multiple times since the Iran war began.

Vance communicated with intermediaries from Pakistan about the Iran conflict as recently as Tuesday, according to a source briefed on the matter, making clear that Trump was open to a ceasefire if certain demands were ‌met.

Sharif, meanwhile, has held repeated meetings with Trump as well as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Pakistan signed a mutual ​defence deal with Saudi Arabia last year.

HEARTBURN IN INDIA

Pakistan's ascension on the international stage is however causing heartburn in India, which has usually had the higher diplomatic ​profile of the two rivals. Its opposition has questioned the government's hands-off approach in the Middle East war and analysts ​say Islamabad's rise risks leaving New Delhi on the sidelines of regional diplomacy.

"I have been calling for almost three weeks now for India to take a leading stand, leveraging its good relations with both sides ‌into a peace initiative," said opposition lawmaker Shashi Tharoor. "Now, apparently, Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey have done ​it. Good luck to them...but India gets no credit while Pakistan is ​holding the peace talks."

However, Pakistan's economy remains in the doldrums and analysts say it risks being pulled into the war because of the defence pact with Saudi Arabia, which could spark protests from its own Shi'ite community, the second-largest in the world after Iran.

Islamabad is also enmeshed in its own conflict with neighbouring Afghanistan, which surged days before the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Tehran.

Pakistan "has to continue to look inwards to bolster its own pillars of national power, especially its ​economy," said Uzair Yunus from strategic advisory firm The Asia Group.

"It also needs to build an ‌integrated defence industrial complex in partnership with Saudi Arabia and Turkey."

Islamabad would need a long-term strategy to balance ties with Iran, its defence partnership with Riyadh and relations with Washington amid an unpredictable and possibly prolonged conflict, said ​Jawaid from Control Risks.

"The civil-military leadership will need to be very careful of the role and extent of Pakistan's involvement. Overplaying the mediator card could prove to be more damaging if not managed astutely."

(Reporting by Saad Sayeed ​in Bangkok; Additional reporting by Ariba Shahid and Mubasher Bukhari in Islamabad and Saurabh Sharma in New Delhi; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)

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