By Molly Claire Goddard
2:42pm PST, Dec 9, 2025
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Meghan Markle might be taking cues from
Kate Middleton. After the Princess of Wales hosted her "Together at Christmas" carol service the same week the Duchess of Sussex released her Netflix special,
With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration, one royal expert thinks Meghan wants the "magic" Kate possesses.
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Royal expert
Richard Fitzwilliams believes Meghan Markle envies Kate Middleton's natural ease. "Meghan is secretly battling to emulate some of the magic that Kate clearly creates, but it is not working," he told
Daily Express of the Duchess of Sussex's Netflix special.
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While Kate Middleton's charm seems to come naturally, Meghan Markle tries too hard to put on a show, Richard Fitzwilliams claimed. "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," he said. "Therefore, her show just does not have the same level of substance as Kate's carol concert."
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Kate Middleton hosted 1,600 guests at Westminster Abbey for her annual holiday celebration. Kate Winslet, Eugene Levy and Hannah Waddingham attended the televised charity event, which honors people who serve their communities.
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Richard Fitzwilliams doesn't think Meghan Markle's celebrity guests — tennis pro
Naomi Osaka and chef
Tom Colicchio — bring enough star power to her holiday special. "While Naomi Osaka is very big in her field, there will be many people who didn't know who she was," he told
The Mirror. "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."
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But all hope isn't lost for Meghan Markle's Netflix show. In the days after the special debuted, it ranked in the
top 10 series on the streaming service, clocking in at No. 8.
