No photos, please.
Meghan Markle imposed a strict no picture rule on a reporter who visited hers and Prince Harry’s sprawling $14 million Montecito, Calif., pad.
New York Instances meals author Julia Moskin revealed the Duchess of Sussex’s privacy-first method after interviewing her days earlier than As Ever’s official launch.
“I was allowed in on the condition that no photographs were taken in, or of, the house,” she wrote in an article printed Wednesday.
Moskin added that she was the primary journalist to be invited into the “Suits” alum’s dwelling.
The nine-bedroom, 16-bathroom luxe pad is dwelling to the Sussexes, in addition to their son Prince Archie, 5, and their daughter, Princess Lilibet, 3.
Regardless of the gorgeous vista the property boasts, Markle didn’t movie her Netflix collection “With Love, Meghan,” on the home.
As an alternative, the mother of two filmed the collection at an $8 million farmhouse simply two miles away, owned by native philanthropists Tom and Sherrie Cipolla.
Markle hosted Moskin on the property to advertise her new way of life model, which formally launched its merchandise on Wednesday and bought out inside an hour.
“Last week’s visit … showed that she is a passionate home cook who knows her way around a vinaigrette, is quick with a lemon zester and deft with a knife,” Moskin wrote in regards to the former working royal.
Markle’s Netflix present premiered final month as a part of the Sussexes’ $100 million deal with the streamer.
The eight-part collection, which featured particular visitors like Abigail Spencer and Mindy Kaling, noticed Markle supply up a “how-to” information for internet hosting pals at dwelling.
The present has been bashed by critics and earned decrease viewership numbers than her and her husband’s 2022 collection “Harry & Meghan.”
Nonetheless, it seems as if Netflix was happy with Markle’s cooking present, as they greenlit the collection for Season 2 — and already filmed the episodes.
Many critics slammed the duchess for not being relatable — suggestions she has since responded to.
“Don’t they know my life hasn’t always been like this?” she stated, reminding Moskin that she was not at all times married to a prince.
Elsewhere, the previous actress defined that she has a powerful need to proceed working — regardless of marrying into royalty again in 2018.
“I need to work, and I love to work,” she stated, noting that she has had jobs since she was a teen.
“This is a way I can connect my home life and my work,” she added.
As for his or her life in sunny Montecito, the Sussexes snapped up their gorgeous property for $14.65 million in the summertime of 2020.
The house has since doubled in worth and is now price a whopping $29 million.
Since quitting royal life and hightailing throughout the pond, the duo have been anchored of their 18,000-square-foot trendy dwelling that boasts A-list neighbors together with Oprah Winfrey and, till lately, Ellen DeGeneres.
