A culinary expert slammed Meghan Markle's cooking skills.

"Meghan Markle should be nowhere near a kitchen," celebrity chef Jameson Stocks, who cooked for King Charles III, told Daily Express.

Stocks was shocked when Meghan microwaved chocolate in an episode of With Love, Meghan.

"It's certainly not a cardinal sin, just unconventional. Much like many of her cooking habits — whether it's leaning over the stove to stir pots on the back burners or the recent turkey blunder she posted on social media, there's a constant flow of questionable methods," Stocks continued, referring to the Duchess of Sussex recently being dubbed "Salmonella Sussex" for seemingly mishandling a turkey.

"It seems those around her are aware of the correct methods, but she deliberately chooses to do things differently," he continued. "In my opinion, she shouldn't have a platform to showcase this."

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Meghan's culinary show often focuses on easy shortcuts for creating gourmet dishes at home, but some of her tips might need some tweaking.

"Microwaving chocolate can be a bit tricky," Stocks shared. "You have to place it in, set the power to low, heat it for 20 to 30 seconds, take it out, stir, and then repeat the process."

"The risk is that the chocolate can burn very quickly. For this reason, I always recommend using a bain-marie; it's a foolproof technique," he added.

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Due to food safety concerns, Stocks doesn't think Meghan should be seen as a leading voice in the food space.

"Meghan Markle should be nowhere near a kitchen! Especially when presenting such absurdity to the audience. It's more a spoof than a lifestyle show," he said. "For those who frequently melt chocolate, small tempering machines are an affordable and user-friendly option. However, I always recommend the bain-marie method for its simplicity and ease."

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Despite the criticism, Netflix's CEO, Ted Sarandos, defended the streaming giant's partnership with Meghan.

"I think Meghan is underestimated in terms of her influence on culture," Sarandos told Variety. "When we dropped the trailer for the Harry & Meghan doc series [in 2022], everything on-screen was dissected in the press for days. The shoes she was wearing sold out all over the world. The Hermès blanket that was on the chair behind her sold out everywhere in the world."

"People are fascinated with Meghan Markle," he continued. "She and Harry are overly dismissed."

Prince Harry praised Doria Ragland's cooking in an episode of Meghan Markle's With Love, Meghan.

During her holiday special, Meghan, who made a very special dish with Top Chef star Tom Colicchio, was joined by her husband for a short time.

"It's a once-a-year thing that she does, so we're going to make some gumbo," Meghan told Colicchio.

"You must have known I was coming. Gumbo is one of my favorites — especially her mom's. But before the fish goes in," Harry admitted.

"I can feel it puncturing through the top of my head," the duke noted while eating.

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After tasting the stew, Harry doubled down on his stance.

"I'm not so sure it's as good as your mom's, but it's certainly close," Harry told Meghan.

"What?! Oh my gosh. Well, my mom will love you for that. You know what? What a good thing to say for your mother-in-law," the Duchess of Sussex replied.

 The Sussexes later noted that Harry "adores" Ragland, whom he finds to be "refreshing," as he "loves being mothered."

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Fans quickly weighed in on the cooking segment on X.

"If you are upset or angry over a 56-minute Holiday special that does nothing but spread cheer, share recipes and provide gorgeous decor inspo set to a beautifully festive soundtrack, I fear you need to find joy in your life," one user wrote. "Because why are you so angry over Meghan cooking gumbo?"

"Mama Doria is making her son-in-law, Prince Harry, a separate special gumbo just for him because he can't tolerate spice and seafood," another penned.

"It was Prince Harry teasing Princess Meghan about her gumbo not being as good as his mother-in-law's for me lmao the way they both made the same exact face when he said it too?! Soulmatism is off the charts with those two," a third said. "Wow!"

One social media user urged the couple to take on another Netflix project together.

"Petition for Meghan and Harry to have their own cooking show," they said. "The chemistry is off the charts."

Meghan Markle's half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr., is begging the duchess to reconcile with her estranged father, Thomas Markle, after his major health crisis.

"My only wish is that Meghan shows my father some compassion. He is literally fighting for his life," Thomas Jr. told Daily Mail. "I took dad to a hospital close to our home, and they did various scans, and the doctors said his life was in imminent danger."

"They raced us by ambulance, with the sirens going, to a much bigger hospital in the centre of the city," he added. "My dad has undergone emergency surgery."

Thomas Jr. revealed his father had his leg amputated after being in intensive care.

"My dad is being very brave. His foot turned blue and then black. It happened very quickly. I took him to a local hospital, and they did some scans and an ultrasound and said the leg had to be amputated," Thomas Jr. said.

"There was no option. I was told the leg had to be removed, and it was a case of life or death," he added. "One of his doctors said the next two or three days are critical. His left leg has been removed below the knee. They were worried about infection setting in – sepsis or gangrene. The flesh was black and dying."

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Meghan cut ties with her dad after it was reported that he staged paparazzi photos leading up to the Suits star's wedding. In her explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Duchess of Sussex discussed the scandal.

"There was such an obsession about anything in my world, including tracking down my parents. And I did everything I could to protect both of them in that media frenzy," Meghan said. "But for over a year, the U.K. tabloids were trying to find my dad, offering people so much money to try to find his address."

"Once they did, I remember being told there was a huge headline like, 'We found him' or 'We've got him,'" the duchess continued. "You're talking about someone's father. And from that point, the tabloids, they moved into the apartment next door and across from him. Descended on this small town, which is giving him gifts. The whole thing brings us to where we are today."

Meghan admitted that her father's actions were deeply hurtful.

"If we were going to use the word betrayal, it's because when I asked him, when we were told by the comms team, this is a story that was going to be coming out, which, by the way, the tabloids had apparently known for a month or so and decided to hold until the Sunday before our wedding because they wanted to create drama, which is also a really key point in all this," she said.

Sarah Ferguson refuses to speak ill of Queen Elizabeth II.

Ferguson is rumored to be working on an explosive tell-all, but she's unlikely to complain about her late mother-in-law.

Ferguson, who often speaks highly of Elizabeth, was so close to the late monarch that she inherited Her Majesty's beloved corgis. In an appearance on the "Tea with Twiggy" podcast, Ferguson praised their relationship.

"I think to myself that honestly, my mother-in-law has been more of a mother to me than my mother," the mom of two said before Elizabeth's passing. "I absolutely think there is no greater mentor because from a little girl to now, the consistency of Her Majesty has been a great honour and makes me want to cry."

"Because I went through so much pain losing mom, I lost my way, and I became deeply, deeply insecure. I kept asking everybody for advice," she continued. "And I never trusted my own judgment of myself. I have got my lovely ex-husband Andrew – he always believes in me and always did believe in me. But my greatest mentor – and I know this sounds so weird to say it – and the person who believes in me is the Queen and has never faltered."

In the past, Ferguson seemed to try to draw negative attention to Elizabeth. In her 1996 interview with Oprah Winfrey, the former royal opened up about her struggles to adjust to the lifestyle.

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"You didn't marry the fairy tale, you married a man," Ferguson said on The Oprah Winfrey Show. "You fell in love and married a man, and then you have to come to terms with the fairy tale. Now it's not a fairy tale, it's real life."

Winfrey asked the ex-duchess why she didn't just "play the game" to stay in the royal fold. "You could do that, and if that's what suits you, then that's what suits you," Ferguson replied.

While Ferguson tried not to cause controversy for Elizabeth, she didn't shy away from chatting about Princess Diana and King Charles III's divorce.

"But Diana and I are like rivers, we want to learn more, we want to go around the corner, we are hungry for more," the author shared.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor suffered another loss, as Maidenhead — a town in England — residents push to change the name of a street named after him.

According to the Daily Express, a"large number" of locals want to change the name of Prince Andrew Road after his scandal.

"It's not a name that you want attributed to where you're living," Aman Gandhi, who lives on Prince Andrew Road, told the BBC. "From my perspective, the sooner [the renaming] comes, the better."

"You've got to change all your deeds. Everything has to be changed," another resident shared. "And I guess I just feel it's a lot of hassle to do that."

Amid the street drama, the ex-duke is trying to find a new address after being kicked out of Royal Lodge.

An insider told The Daily Beast that Andrew wants a "substantial six or seven bedroom house on the Sandringham Estate, complete with staff including a cook, gardener, housekeeper, driver and police security."

"Andrew has done exactly what has been asked of him, and he just wants to be left alone. He is giving up the lease on one of England's finest houses and expects to be treated fairly," the source added.

A former courtier added that things with Mountbatten-Windsor are "always going to be about money."

"Andrew is essentially being bought out of the lease, so he will haggle over every last detail of the deal," the source shared.

King Charles III stripped away his brother's royal privileges and titles after Virginia Giuffre's assault allegations against Mountbatten-Windsor resurfaced. As more details about Mountbatten-Windsor's alleged misconduct and friendship with Jeffrey Epstein emerge, he is pushed further into hiding.

"His Majesty has today initiated a formal process to remove the style, titles and honors of Prince Andrew. Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor," Buckingham Palace said in a statement. "His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence. Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease, and he will move to alternative private accommodation. These censures are deemed necessary, notwithstanding the fact that he continues to deny the allegations against him."

"Their Majesties wish to make clear that their thoughts and utmost sympathies have been, and will remain with, the victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse," the statement continued.

Prince Harry was heckled after the Duke of Sussex joked about Donald Trump on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

"You Americans are obsessed with Christmas movies, and you're clearly obsessed with royalty, so why not?" Harry told Stephen Colbert.

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After the comedian tried to brush off the comment, Harry threw a jab at the president.

"Really? I hear you elected a king," the Duke of Sussex said as the crowd jokingly booed.

During the television appearance, Harry and Colbert made a spoof holiday trailer.

"So what's a prince got to do to get into a Hallmark movie these days? I've got skills. I can ride a horse, I can fly a helicopter, I can ride a horse in a helicopter!" Harry said.

"This is show business, it's about who you know. I mean, do you have a personal connection to any famous TV actresses?" Colbert asked, referring to Meghan Markle.

"I might know one," the prince said. "I'll do anything, I'll record a self-tape, I'll fly myself to an audition, settle a baseless lawsuit with the White House, all the things you people in TV do."

"I didn't do that," Colbert replied, referring to the Trump and CBS' $36 million settlement over 60 Minutes' Kamala Harris interview.

"Maybe that's why you were canceled," the prince quickly fired back.

Trump has been a vocal critic of Harry and Colbert, and there were concerns that the politician would deport the ex-royal. However, Trump confirmed he would "leave him alone."

"I don't want to do that. I'll leave him alone. He's got enough problems with his wife. She's terrible," Trump told the New York Post when asked if he'd take away the prince's visa.

Trump also celebrated once Colbert lost his show.

"I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next. Has even less talent than Colbert!"

Queen Camilla surprisingly spoke out about the Russia-Ukraine conflict during an official engagement.

Camilla paid tribute to British soldiers, who fought in the Crimean War in the 1850s.

"Only recently, we marked the 80th anniversaries of both victory in Europe and victory over Japan," Camilla said during a reception at the Guildhall. "During these moments of commemoration, I was fortunate to speak privately with so many of our surviving veterans who voiced a clear and unanimous plea, the path to peace must be pursued with the same vigour and determination that our Forces prepare for combat."

"It is only fitting, then, to rewind the clock 170 years, when The Rifles' antecedents stood alongside our European allies in modern-day Ukraine," she added.

Camilla, who is the Colonel-in-Chief of the Rifles, has a lifelong connection to the Armed Forces through her father, Major Bruce Shand, who served in World War II.

"Let us hope, as our antecedents did then, that our resolve to stand up to tyranny in this same region can again find a resolution to another devastating and brutal war," Camilla said.

Camilla isn't the only member of the royal family to speak on Ukraine-Russia relations, as Prince Harry visited the region for the Invictus Games. Harry, who served in the British military, traveled to Kyiv to pay his respects to fallen and injured soldiers.

"Seeing people with prosthetics and life-changing injuries is going to be the norm in Ukraine for the coming decades," Harry told The Guardian. "Nobody should feel embarrassed or ashamed about their disabilities. It's about flipping from sympathy to admiration and respect."

After retiring from the military, Harry founded the Invictus Games, which uses sports to help injured soldiers and veterans in their recovery journey. While visiting a memorial, Harry became emotional as he paid his respects.

"I wanted to find a spot to lay the wreath in peace, away from everyone. My God, it's like a maze in there. I didn't appreciate how far back it went," Harry told the outlet. "Honestly, it is one of the saddest things I have ever seen. But also one of the most beautiful."

Meghan Markle's estranged father, Thomas Markle, is in intensive care.

"I took dad to a hospital close to our home, and they did various scans and the doctors said his life was in imminent danger. They raced us by ambulance, with the sirens going, to a much bigger hospital in the center of the city," Thomas Markle Jr. told Daily Mail. "My dad has undergone emergency surgery."

"I would ask everyone around the world to keep him in their thoughts," Thomas Jr. added. "My only wish is that Meghan shows my father some compassion. He is literally fighting for his life."

Thomas Sr.'s relationship with Meghan fell apart after he was caught staging photos with the paparazzi. Since the 2018 scandal, the Duchess of Sussex and her dad haven't spoken.

"He is a strong man, but he has been through so much. I am praying that he is strong enough to survive this. My father has been through two heart attacks, a stroke and an earthquake. I hope he can pull through this," Samantha Markle said.

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In Harry & Meghan, Meghan recalled confronting Thomas Sr. after it was reported that he worked with a tabloid.

"H and I called my dad. I said, 'They're saying you're taking money from the tabloids to stage photos. Is this true?' He says, 'No,'" Meghan said. "And on that call, I'd said to him, 'Look. If they can't stop this story, then it's going to come out tomorrow, so why don't we send someone right now to your house to get you out of there now, because if that's the case, your house will be swarmed by media. We'll get you out.'"

Before her wedding day, Meghan and Thomas Sr. were close, as the Suits star even called herself a "daddy's girl" in her Netflix series.

"She had a father before this," Prince Harry told cameras. "Now she doesn't have a father. I shouldered that. Because if Meg wasn't with me, then her dad would still be her dad. It's amazing what people would do when offered a huge amount of money. Fifty thousand, a hundred thousand, to hand over photographs, to create a story. And thank God most of them said no."

Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton are more alike than people might think.

Although the two are reportedly at odds, the Duchess of Sussex and the Princess of Wales share many of the same interests and hobbies including one for which Kate is particularly well known.

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Meghan takes a friend's maternity photo

Meghan's friend Kelly McKee took to Instagram to share a photo of herself cradling her baby bump in what appears to be the Suits star's garden at her home in Montecito, Calif.

McKee gave Meghan credit for snapping the shot, tagging her Instagram handle in the caption alongside a camera emoji.

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Meghan praised for her skills

Many people in the comments section applauded the Netflix star's photography skills.

"Great photo by your friend!" one person wrote.

"Wow! What a stunning shot of you by your friend," a second person remarked.

"This photo captures your light and happiness! Wow," a third person chimed in.

Kate also gets behind the camera

Kate, meanwhile, has been behind some of the most iconic images of her children with Prince William: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. She often snaps their official birthday portraits for The Firm.

Some of her photos were even featured in an exhibition at Kensington Palace titled "Life Through a Royal Lens."

While studying at University of St. Andrews, the mother of three reportedly wrote a dissertation on Lewis Carroll's photos of children.

What do Meghan and Kate think of each other?

In the 2022 Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan, the actress recalled her awkward first meeting with her future sister-in-law.

"I met [Kate] for the first time, I think we went for dinner. I remember I was in ripped jeans and barefoot," the mother of two said. "I was a hugger — I've always been a hugger. I didn't realize that that was jarring for a lot of Brits."

"I started to understand that the formality on the outside carried through on the inside, that there is a forward-facing way of being and then you close the door … [and] 'I can relax now,'" she continued. "But that formality carries over on both sides, and that was surprising to me."

Harry recalls an awkward moment

Prince Harry recounted a tension-filled moment between his wife and Kate during an official event.

"Kate asked Meg what she thought of her first Trooping the Colour," he wrote in his 2023 memoir Spare, adding that "Meg joked, 'colorful.'"

"However, instead of eliciting a chuckle, a large silence instead emerged. And a yawning silence threatened to swallow us all whole," recalled Harry, who left The Firm and moved to America with Meghan in 2020.