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Duchess Meghan will be honored at the Night on Wonder gala on June 14

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I’ve mentioned a couple of times in recent days that I’ve been surprised by the lack of Trooping the Colour gossip. Trooping is always scheduled for mid-June, and this year it falls on June 14th. Trooping is the “official birthday parade” of the sovereign, even though King Charles’s actual birthday is in November (he’s a Scorpio king). Last year’s Trooping was a huge deal, with tons of advance gossip about whether the Princess of Wales would show up, whether Charles would be well enough to attend, etc. This year, tumbleweeds are blowing through the royal pages. But I strongly suspect we’ll be hearing a lot in the next few days about this year’s Trooping being super-important and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are screaming, crying and throwing up because they aren’t invited. They’ll have to come up with some kind of special new twist for those stories, because it turns out that Meghan has big plans for June 14. Meghan is being honored at a gala in Los Angeles on the very same day as Trooping. LMAO.

Meghan Markle’s next Los Angeles appearance has been revealed. PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that the Duchess of Sussex is set to be honored at the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County’s upcoming Night of Wonder gala on June 14.

The garden-inspired evening at NHM’s Exposition Park location will include remarks from Meghan, who’s being recognized for her work championing women and underserved communities — a mission that mirrors the museum’s push to make science and nature more accessible across L.A.

“Night of Wonder celebrates and supports the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County’s commitment to science, nature, and community,” said Lori Bettison-Varga, President and Director of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County.

“We are proud to honor Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, a native Angeleno, whose work to advance community wellbeing and expand opportunity — especially for underserved communities — aligns with our equity-focused approach to developing science literacy for the next generation, including through our STEM and STEAM Pathways programs.”

Organizers say the gala will evoke the feeling of an enchanted garden at night, with immersive exhibits, live music and dinner served in the museum’s North Garden. Additional guests from across L.A.’s cultural and philanthropic communities are expected to attend.

[From People]

But…but… the balcony! But the Sussexes will steal the left-behinds’ balcony thunder! LOL. I hope Prince Harry attends the event with Meghan, but news came out on Tuesday that Harry will be in South Africa from June 17-19, for the Future Hospitality and Investment Summit. Harry is attending the conference as the founder of Travalyst. Surely, he’ll go to this Night of Wonder gala with Meghan though? Fingers crossed. And fingers crossed that they walk the red carpet together and there are lots of photos, please please please.

Prince Harry’s #Travalyst will join more than 500 industry leaders at the FHS Africa, Future Hospitality and Investment Summit in Cape Town, South Africa ???????? from June 17-19, 2025!#SustainableTourism pic.twitter.com/hb2gAPE9Zn

— ChrisBaronSmith (@ChrisBaronSmit1) June 3, 2025

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Duchess Meghan explains why she’s hit ‘pause’ on restocking As Ever products

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The final episode of Confessions of a Female Founder Season 1 has been released. Last week’s episode was originally supposed to be the last episode, but then the Duchess of Sussex surprised everyone by announcing that Tina Knowles contacted her and wanted to be on the pod. Ms. Tina is mostly promoting Cecred, the haircare line Tina founded with her daughter Beyonce. Tina is also talking about her memoir! This was a great episode. “Tyler talks about you all the time” – as in, Tyler Perry talks to Beyonce’s mother about Meghan all the time! I looooove that they talk about their signs right away – Beyonce is a Virgo, Prince Harry is a Virgo, and Ms. Tina ends up surrounded by Virgos! Meghan loves Virgos too (Virgos feel differently about most Leos). During the conversation, Meghan and Ms. Tina also spoke about what’s next for As Ever.

Ms. Tina on her hair salon in the 1990s: Knowles, who opened Houston hair salon Headliners in 1990, told Meghan she “learned to be a boss” through her decades in the hair industry. “I think that you start your business and then you find yourself,” she said during the episode. “It gives you confidence that you didn’t have before.”

Launching Cécred: It was a longtime goal to create her own beauty products. “It has been a dream of mine forever, and Beyoncé, it’s been a dream of hers,” she told the duchess. In fact, Knowles revealed that Beyoncé “could actually be a hairstylist” since she grew up watching her at the salon.

Beyonce always wins: “You know you have disagreements, and you have to—I’m the one to always cave,” Knowles admitted. “If my kids are mad at me, I can’t take it. I’ll cave.” She added that with Beyoncé, “If we have a disagreement, it’s her business, so she gets the win.”

Meghan on what’s next for As Ever: “For me at the moment with As ever, it was…great, we plan, we planned for a year, and then everything sells out in 45 minutes—which yes, amazing. Great news… And then you say, ‘Okay, we planned as best as we could. Are we going to replenish and sell out again in an hour? Or is that annoying as a customer?’” the duchess continued. Ultimately, Meghan said she decided to reassess rather than leave people disappointed. “I’m looking at it saying, ‘Just pause. That happened. Let’s wait until we are completely stable and we have everything we need.’” The duchess pointed out that a “scarcity mentality at the beginning might be a hook for people,” comparing it to “a sneaker drop.” However, she said in terms of a long-term customer experience, it’s not ideal. “I don’t want you to eat that jam once every six months!” she said.

[From Marie Claire]

You guys know I support Meghan’s endeavors, especially her commercial endeavors. But her indecisiveness about what to do next with As Ever is strange. This isn’t hard – she needs to restock most of the products as soon as possible. She needs to introduce new products and expand the line. Restock and grow – it’s not reinventing the wheel. “Are we going to replenish and sell out again in an hour? Or is that annoying as a customer?” She’s only sold one once, mind you! I have personal reasons for wanting a resupply – I’m obsessed with that raspberry spread and I’m annoyed that nothing has been restocked. As for Ms. Tina – one of my favorite things is seeing people on my timeline raving about Cecred. Ms. Tina put some hair-growing magic in those products.

Update: We’ll have a new story on this tomorrow, but As Ever’s Instagram just announced that new products will be coming “this month.”

Photos courtesy of Meghan’s IG, Avalon Red, screengrabs from The Jamie Kern Lima Show.

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Was Dolly Parton ‘livid’ to receive an invitation to appear on ‘With Love, Meghan’?

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In 2023, we learned that the Prince and Princess of Wales had invited Dolly Parton over to Kensington Palace for a cup of tea, and Dolly turned down the offer. Dolly’s excuse at the time was that she was too busy promoting an album. Well, last month, Dolly sat down for a HuffPo interview, and she was asked a ton of questions about the Windsors for some reason. She was asked if she would ever consider appearing on With Love, Meghan, and Dolly said “Well, never say never. You never know where you’re gonna go.” She also confirmed that she’ll probably meet Queen Camilla in October, when she plans to be in the UK, in what would probably be some kind of promotion for Dolly’s Imagination Library. She was asked about turning down William and Kate’s invitation too, and she said that if the offer still stands, she’d love to pop around, and the Wales kids would always be welcome at Dollywood. I bring all of this is up because, clearly, Dolly is not taking sides and she’s simply a peaceful person who should not be used as a cudgel against either side. Unfortunately, a Daily Mail got a hot tip that Dolly is furious because… the Duchess of Sussex invited her on With Love, Meghan.

This week caps a particularly inglorious run for our duchess, who has been furiously recasting her losses as wins, her fresh humiliations as triumphs, and her supply chain shortages as strategic business moves. Among the many golden nuggets of irresistible info: As royal reporter Kinsey Schofield exclusively revealed on my podcast, The Nerve with Maureen Callahan, Meghan allegedly approached none other than Dolly Parton to appear on her Netflix show, ‘With Love, Meghan’ — and was summarily dismissed.

Dolly, that absolute legend, joins Taylor Swift and Beyoncé in reportedly turning down Meghan’s entreaties to join her in any given enterprise.

As Kinsey told me, Dolly’s team were ‘livid… they don’t want to risk Dolly’s epic popularity by associating with Meghan Markle.’

When the best you can get is Chrissy Teigen —who will be joining season two of ‘With Love’ and is known, among other things, for bullying a young starlet to the point she considered suicide — well, your brand is in the gutter.

Meanwhile, the final episode of Meghan’s new podcast dropped Tuesday, to zero buzz or fanfare.


Lemonada, the company producing said podcast, has yet to announce a renewal — and normally, they’re announced well ahead of a season ending. Also: Most podcasts, for what it’s worth, don’t have ‘seasons’. They just keep going. Apparently, Meghan’s buzz-less ‘Confessions of a Female Founder’ — which follows ‘Archetypes’, Meghan’s last flop in this lane — needed an entire year to produce just eight episodes. By all metrics, that’s terrible output.

[From The Daily Mail]

Re: COAFF… I love this podcast more than Archetypes and I hope there’s another season. I think the delay in “greenlighting” a second season is more about Meghan’s schedule right now more than any reluctance from Lemonada. Lemonada seems like a great partner for Meghan, and they seem pleased with COAFF. Plus, Meghan has already said that other female founders have contacted her, wanting to be on the pod. I’d be willing to bet that a second season is coming, but it will probably happen next year (or much later this year).

As for Dolly… what I don’t understand is how a story about “Meghan approached a celebrity to see if they would appear on the pod or show” gets twisted into “this celebrity is violently furious that Meghan would even DARE TO ASK!” Do these people not understand “booking guests for a show” at all? Celebrities get invitations to appear on all kinds of shows – the celebs rarely get mad at the bookers for daring to invite them. I don’t believe Meghan approached Dolly to appear on WLM, although Dolly would be an excellent guest on COAFF. It’s also worth noting that Kinsey Schofield is a Deranger who styled herself into a “royal reporter” as some kind of grift. She has no exclusive information.

Photos courtesy of Cover Images, Avalon Red, Netflix.

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Duchess Meghan was purposefully excluded from the Sandringham Summit

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Over the weekend, there were so many clips and stories going around from a new Channel 5 documentary over in the UK. The documentary is called “Megxit: Inside The Sandringham Summit.” Apparently, the documentary features lots of on-camera interviews with royal reporters about how huge this 2020 summit was and what was really going on. One of the remarkable things is that… everyone just accepts that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have already provided the definitive version of events. Meghan and Harry spoke about what happened at the summit in their 2022 Netflix docuseries, and Harry further expounded on the “stitch-up” in his memoir, Spare. In the docuseries, Meghan spoke about being purposefully excluded from the meeting about her life, her future and her children. In Spare, Harry wrote about how there wasn’t really a negotiation – that the Windsors had already decided that the Sussexes would be pushed out completely (in an attempt to bring H&M to heel). Well, this clip got wide play:

The same Rota reporters who claimed Harry & Meghan lied admit now not only were the couple telling the truth, the RF intentionally left Meghan out of the Sandringham summit bec they wanted to isolate Harry from Meghan, who being much smarter than them, would see through their???????? pic.twitter.com/y3kObkbCje

— Queens R. Made (@QueenRMade1) June 1, 2025

Richard Kay saying that the Windsors didn’t even want Meghan to “call in” because they didn’t know if she would have someone else in the room, making notes is a WILD admission for so many reasons. One of those reasons: Prince William’s people (notably Christian Jones) were leaking the sh-t out of the internal discussions as they happened, so this was pure projection. Secondly, the Windsors were absolutely terrified that Meghan knew and understood her rights, and that she might actually get lawyers involved and fight these silly, terrible people. As Emily Andrews says in this clip, the Windsors believed they would “get a better outcome” by excluding Meghan: “They all knew Meghan was probably smarter, brighter, had a more linear view of where she and Harry were going. And they probably thought they would get a better outcome with just Harry.”

Here’s a clip about the leaking to reporters from people within the summit. But remember, they were worried about who might be with Meghan!

Emily Andrews: we have what’s app group with the royal family’s press secretaries, however on the day of the Sandringham summit they texted us & they left the group.

Richard Kay: I had got a friendly figure inside Sandringham who was able to tell me bits & pieces!

Wow, don’t… pic.twitter.com/qK7YBeRPlp

— SK ???????????? (@Rimmesfk) June 1, 2025

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Duchess Meghan now says that ‘WLM’ Season 2 will come out this summer?

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On Friday, the Duchess of Sussex posted the above Instagram – a video clip which did not make it into Season 1 of With Love, Meghan. Meghan is showing Randi Karin how to slice a pineapple by using a paring knife to cut a “cube.” It’s a cute trick! It took about two seconds for the Daily Mail to throw a huge tantrum over the clip, with people swearing that Meghan claimed to invent the method (she did not) or that she copied it from TikTok (I’m pretty sure this method existed long before TikTok).

Anyway, none of that is important. What’s important is Meghan’s caption, which included this: “Great weekend to rewatch or catch up on the show as we gear up for Season 2 this summer and all the fun to come with @aseverofficial.” Gear up for Season 2 THIS SUMMER??? People were surprised, because back in March, just days after WLM premiered, Netflix confirmed that they had already greenlighted and filmed a second season. People Magazine wrote: “PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that With Love, Meghan will have a second season, which has already been filmed, hitting the streaming service this fall.” So… basically, everything Meghan touches turns to gold, so Netflix was like… you know what, we’re moving up the second season premiere. My guess is that they’re already organizing Season 3, and perhaps they’ve even started filming it (with no leaks).

Speaking of leaks from Montecito, random outlets are still paying (??) random people in the Santa Barbara area to say random things about the Sussexes. Recently, Richard Mineards claimed that Meghan “cultivates a very controlled image. She pays attention to every appearance, every word, every gesture. And here in Montecito, we appreciate simple people, even famous ones. Oprah Winfrey, for example, shows up at charity events. Meghan doesn’t play the community game’.” Yeah, if the name “Richard Mineards” sounds familiar, it’s because he regularly gets paid to do just this. Back in December 2024, Mineards told a German documentary that Harry and Meghan are not “assets” to the community and that Meghan “doesn’t seem to get seen anywhere…. And you don’t see him either.” Funny enough, Mineards is a former British tabloid journalist who worked for both the Mail and the Mirror. I believe he was also an unnamed source for that Vanity Fair cover story earlier this year too. It’s all so sleazy.

Photos courtesy of Netflix.

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People/haters are very suspicious of Duchess Meghan’s ‘garden haul’ IG

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This week, the Duchess of Sussex posted the above photo to her As Ever Instagram with the message: “The unofficial quality inspector of this morning’s garden haul.” As you can see, Mia the Beagle is inspecting vegetables, and you can also see Meghan’s Loro Piana slides, which retail for about $920. Or they would retail for that amount if they weren’t selling out nearly everywhere since Meghan posted this photo. Obviously, Meghan’s haters don’t want to focus on how Meghan can sell out expensive slides just by posting a photo of her feet. The haters are focused on Meghan’s “garden haul.” Or rather, what looks like a Whole Foods haul, or perhaps a farmer’s market haul.

Royal fans are calling out Meghan Markle for allegedly lying about her green thumb on Instagram. The Duchess of Sussex, who rebranded her lifestyle brand from “American Riviera Orchard” to “As Ever” in February, posted a photo of her beagle sniffing a produce basket on the brand’s Instagram account.

“The unofficial quality inspector of this morning’s garden haul,” she captioned the photo, which featured her dog, Mia, burying her face in a woven basket of leeks, corn, broccoli, squash, red bell peppers, and carrots. Her caption suggested that the greens were hand-grown in her Southern California coastal garden. But fans were quick to point out something strange: Not only were the vegetables perfectly clean and free from any dirt, but the haul included produce that isn’t in season—in other words, the veggies looked like they were plucked straight from a Whole Foods aisle. Markle, 43, has her comments turned off on Instagram, but followers rushed to other social media platforms to express their doubts.

One Reddit user pointed out that corn was not in season in May—sweetcorn is usually harvested from June to September.

“She is also the only person outside of the US Cornbelt to harvest corn in MAY?” the poster asked. “It’s way too early in the season for most of those vegetables to be grown in her garden and ready to pick,” agreed another.

Other users noted that not only was there no dirt, but the corn and onions looked as if they had been cleaned and trimmed. “Huh. She’s so good at gardening she can grow all things from all seasons at once,” one said.

[From The Daily Beast]

I love how every single one of Meghan’s IGs makes people’s heads explode. Like… breaking news, a lifestyle influencer stages photos for content on her Instagram. Do people think Meghan is just randomly hanging out in her garden and a photographer just happens to be passing by? Of course she stages and poses. As for Meghan’s “garden haul” – it’s possible that the veggies are from her garden and she just washed them. But for me, the dead giveaway is that the veggies are in a tote bag, not a wicker basket. She probably picked up some stuff at the farmer’s market, meaning those veggies came from someone’s garden! Also: the Daily Beast’s headline was “Meghan humiliated online.” Jesus take the wheel – how is this “humiliating” again?

Photos courtesy of As Ever’s IG.

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Duchess Meghan announced a bonus COAFF pod interview with Tina Knowles!!

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This week, the Duchess of Sussex released what was supposed to be the final episode of Confessions of a Female Founder. While COAFF didn’t garner the wall-to-wall coverage of Archetypes, I maintain that COAFF was a far superior podcast – Meghan was a more confident interviewer and the goal of COAFF was much more straight-forward, “talk to female founders about how they started their businesses and what they learned along the way.” In Meghan’s Fast Company interview, she said that throughout the run of COAFF, other female founders contacted her, wanting to appear on the pod. I hope that means there will be a second season! But for now, Meghan surprised everyone by announcing a special “bonus episode.” Apparently, Beyonce’s mother Tina Knowles got in touch and of course Meghan couldn’t say no to Mama Tina!

Surprise! Meghan Markle’s podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder, hasn’t wrapped its first season just yet. Lemonada Media, which produces the Duchess of Sussex’s podcast, revealed on Thursday, May 29, that a bonus episode will be released next week.

“We had just wrapped Confessions of a Female Founder and packed up the mics — until a call came in that we couldn’t ignore. On the line was one of the most influential and inspiring matriarchs in culture today. Naturally, we hit record,” they shared in a social media post announcing the news.

Meghan’s voice also appeared in the promo. She said, “Next week, we’ve got one more very special interview for you. A bonus episode. Because when a matriarch calls, and when this matriarch calls, oh, you answer.”

Meghan and Lemonada kept the guest’s identity a secret, but the second most fans heard the iconic voice, they knew exactly who was on the line: Tina Knowles.

Adding to the clues, Meghan says, “This one is so special, y’all” — a wink, perhaps, to Knowles’ Texas roots and daughter Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour. In a brief clip from her appearance, Knowles opens up to Meghan about why she “fights so hard” for her famous family, which, of course, includes daughters Beyoncé and Solange, as well as her four grandchildren.

“I tell them every day, since they were little girls, ‘You belong anywhere you choose to be,’ ” she shared of her advice seemingly to her daughters, who both found fame early in life and have flourished into massively successful artists, as well as mothers in their own right.

[From People]

Tina Knowles IS a female founder! Tina not only raised Beyonce and Solange, but Tina has also created and managed businesses around and for her daughters, everything from clothing lines to the wildly popular Cecred haircare line (Tina and Beyonce “created” it together). If you were looking for another sign that Meghan is fully in Beyonce’s inner circle, look no further. Beyonce posted photos of Harry and Meghan on her website, Beyonce sends texts to Meghan, and Beyonce’s mom appeared on COAFF! The Knowles-Carter-Sussex alliance! A more powerful alliance than whatever the left-behinds can scrape together.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Meghan’s IG. The Jamie Kern Lima Show and Lemonada.