Meghan Markle blasted for 'missing' element in Netflix show after family discovery

Meghan Markle in Nigeria with Prince Harry in 2024 (Image: KOLA SULAIMON/AFP via Getty Images))

A news commentator has blasted The Duchess of Sussex for failing to showcase food from her heritage on her new Netflix show, With Love, Meghan. The Duchess of Sussex's decision not to include any food from Nigeria was labelled as "confusing".

The second season of the show premiered on August 26, and continues Meghan's quest to host guests, make them "offerings," and cook simple dishes. Speaking on The Sun's Royal Exclusive Show, news commentator Samara Gill said: "I would have loved to see some traditional meals then, for this Nigerian side that she talks about having."

She continued: "I mean, that was missing, in my opinion, from the series because she was very vocal about that from within the Royal Family. So that was also a confusing move - a lot of stuff is antithetical to what she was complaining about while she was in the Royal Family, I think, when it comes to her finding out her Nigerian heritage."

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Meghan at the State Governor House in Lagos (Image: Kola SULAIMON / AFP)

Previously, Meghan has spoken about how she discovered she was 43 per cent Nigerian through a genealogy test.

She also called the West African nation "my country" on a visit to the state with Prince Harry after quitting royal duties.

Appearing at an event on women in leadership in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, the Duchess said: "Never in a million years would I understand it as much as I do now. And what has been echoed so much in the past day is, 'Oh, we are not so surprised when we found out you are Nigerian. '

"It is a compliment to you because what they define as a Nigerian woman is brave, resilient, courageous, beautiful."

The couple were invited to the country by the chief of the defence staff, and were also there to promote Harry's Invictus Games, which hosts sporting events for wounded, sick or injured veterans and serving military personnel.

Meghan did not make Nigerian food on her show (Image: NETFLIX)

Samara suggested Meg could have "got a couple of meals or brought in a famous Nigerian chef" as her passion for her heritage was "something she's become vocal about".

In a separate interview with Bloomberg Originals, Meghan spoke about how her life had felt "inauthentic" while she was working with the Royal Family because of a fashion choice.

When asked if it is hard to appear relatable, Meghan said: "No, I'm just being myself. I think it was probably different several years ago where I couldn't be as vocal and I had to wear nude pantyhose all the time.

"Let's be honest, that's not very myself, I hadn't seen pantyhose since movies in the eighties when they came in that little egg.

"That felt a little bit inauthentic, but that's a silly example, but it is an example of when you're able to dress the way you wanna dress and you're able to say the things that are true and you're able to show up in the space really organically that's being comfortable in your own skin."