NEED TO KNOW
- Meghan Markle announced the release date for her holiday special of With Love, Meghan on Netflix
- The special comes after two seasons of the lifestyle series
- The Duchess of Sussex recently teased that the episode would include gift wrapping techniques, something she used to teach during her acting days
Meghan Markle is ready to spread some holiday cheer.
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On Monday, Nov. 10, the release date was announced for the Duchess of Sussex’s Netflix special, With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration.
“Embrace traditions and make new ones this holiday season. With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration arrives December 3rd on @netflix ✨” the announcement, shared on Meghan’s Instagram page, stated.
A new photo accompanied the announcement, showing the Duchess of Sussex, 44, wearing a green dress as she lit a candle on a table decorated for the holidays.
A previous statement said, “This December, join Meghan in Montecito for a magical holiday celebration,” referencing the California town where she lives with Prince Harry and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
“Together, friends and family deck the halls, create holiday feasts, craft heartfelt gifts, and share lots of laughs – with simple how-tos to follow at home,” it continued. “It’s a holiday wonder with warmth, tradition, and a generous dose of joy.”
At Fortune‘s Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C., in October, Meghan called the holiday special a “really good one.” She teased that the episode would include gift wrapping techniques, noting that she used to teach “advanced gift wrapping” at Paper Source between acting auditions.
“That’s not the full circle I was expecting, but here we are,” she said.
Meghan’s lifestyle brand, As ever, also released its first holiday collection last month, featuring sparkling wine, candles, fruit spreads and more.
With Love, Meghan was the Duchess of Sussex’s first solo hosting project for Netflix, and its first season premiered in March. A second season was filmed at the same time and hit the streaming platform in August.
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Prince Harry and Meghan had a reported $100 million deal with Netflix before extending the creative partnership with a multi-year, first-look deal for film and television projects earlier this year.
Meghan explained at the Fortune event, “My husband and I were in an overall deal with Netflix then, not dissimilar to Higher Ground and the Obamas’ deal, once that had come to its term, the extension of it — which was such an incredible sign of the strength of our partnership — was now being in a first-look deal. Which is also exciting because it gives us flexibility to go to our partners first, then at the same time, shop content that might not be the right fit for Netflix but has a home somewhere else.”
