Meghan Markle’s new Netflix show has finally dropped after much anticipation - only to face poor reviews and roasting from online critics.

The eight-episode series sees the Duchess provide viewers with cooking and hosting tips from a luxurious rental mansion - not her own home, as many viewers believed - that was supposedly chosen for its likeness to the royal's residence.

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Markle, along with her husband Prince Harry, have been hugely controversial figures in recent years, following their split from the British royal family.

The pair lobbied claims of racism and a lack of protection from media intrusion against the family institution, most famously airing out their dirty laundry in a bombshell Oprah interview.

Despite being highly anticipated, Markle’s new show, 'With Love, Meghan’, has been lauded as a failure by critics just one day after its release, with an 11% viewer score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Entertainment reporter Holli Breslin told Lunchtime Live that she doubts the couple will ever be as interesting to the public as they were during the height of their row with the royals.

“The thing is, it’s been five years since they kind of stepped down from their royal duties,” she said.

“They have a five-year Netflix deal probably worth $100 million that’s set to expire at the end of this year.

“I think the most successful thing that’s come from that deal is that documentary series that they released at the end of 2022, and then Harry released his memoir, ‘Spare’, at the start of 2023.

“I don’t know if they’ll ever be as much interest, if they’ll ever be as much talked about as much as that time when they were controversial and there was drama surrounding it – people love drama.”

'Trad-wifey'

Ms Breslin said she’s not sure how anyone could sit through the entirety of ‘With Love, Meghan’.

“It’s a very trad-wifey sort of show because at one point she makes popcorn from scratch for a friend of hers, there's moments like that when you’re just cringing and you’re like, ‘Why am I watching this?’” she said.

“I know that that fruit salad she makes in the morning, people are like, ‘Guys, that was on Pinterest in 2016’.

“So yeah, I don’t think you’d be going there if you literally want a Bible of how to make food.”

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According to Ms Breslin, those who watched the show out of an interest in Markle herself will also be disappointed.

“You don’t learn anything about her and Harry, she does mention the kids once or twice, there’s a few takeaways of what they enjoy, what food they like,” she said.

“We learned that Harry loves the breaded chicken – which is great to know - and he loves putting salt on everything.

"But I would say I watched it [out of] curiosity [for Meghan Markle].”

However, Mr Breslin said the couple will “continue to make money off the fact that we do care [and] we do want to know [about their lives]”.

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Main image: Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle walk to meet members of the public at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in December 2022. Picture by: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo