Meghan Markle’s dad criticises her Netflix show

Meghan Markle’s grandmother would be “turning in her grave” over some of the claims in her new Netflix show, her dad has said

Thomas Markle, 80, accused his daughter of “faking it for the cameras” and “trying too hard to stay in the limelight” in a withering review of With Love, Meghan.

In the second episode of the series, Meghan fired back at the US Office star Mindy Kaling: “It’s so funny, too, that you keep saying Meghan Markle. You know I’m Sussex now.”

In response to this, Mr Markle told The Mail on Sunday: “My mum loved Meghan very much but she would be so disappointed to hear that Meghan no longer wants to use the name ‘Markle’.

“My mother was proud to be a Markle. So am I.

“Meghan never had a problem with the Markle name until she met Prince Harry.”

Mr Markle has not yet seen the full show but has watched various clips.

At one point, Meghan claims she was a “latchkey kid” who grew up eating TV dinners.

She says: “I grew up with a lot of fast food and also a lot of TV tray dinners. It feels like such a different time but that was so normal with the microwavable kids meals.”

However, Mr Markle claims Meghan lived with him full-time from the age of 11 until she went off to university at 18.

The idea Meghan was a “latchkey” child troubles Mr Markle, who says he would personally pick Meghan up from school every day or send a car to fetch her if he was too busy.

He admitted they occasionally ate TV dinners, but asked: “Which family doesn’t?”

Money was never an issue, Mr Markle added – claiming they would eat out at least three times a week.

And despite Meghan’s mum Doria being a great cook, the Duchess of Sussex didn’t show a great deal of interest in cooking as a child.

The backlash comes after Meghan admitted several “mistakes” over her Netflix cooking show, which has been widely savaged by critics and branding experts.

With Love, Meghan launched on Tuesday after being delayed from January because of the Los Angeles wildfires.

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