Tessa Arlen

Here's the thing with an old life-style guru like Martha Stewart: her concentration on what she is doing is absolute. She inspires with her focus, her ability to combine flavors creatively. There is cohesion to what Martha is up to. Whereas Meghan's show lacks skill and innovation. And then there is her syrupy her presentation. I lost count of how many times she uttered the word 'sweet'. There are people who love this sort of style and there are those who find it nauseating. I watched ten minutes of the Mindy Kaling episode and couldn't take any more. Why, I asked, has Meghan Markle gone from global feminist to life-style doyenne, tying bows on everything and using pounds of fresh fruit to make a pretty rainbow when most families are scratching around to afford plain old apples and oranges? The Duchess of Sussex somehow has managed to strike a very false note and it is maddening her viewers.