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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.

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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."

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.

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."

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."

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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."

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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."

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."

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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.

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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."

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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.

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."