Meghan Markle is bringing out the big guns to promote her new Netflix show. Namely, photos and videos of her rarely-seen daughter, Lilibet, alongside a tennis superstar.
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00:00Meghan Markle is bringing out the big guns to promote her new Netflix show.
00:04In an Instagram post over the weekend, Meghan gave her followers one of the clearest looks
00:08yet at her three-year-old daughter, Lilibet, playing Candy Land with mommy's friend and
00:11tennis all-timer, Serena Williams.
00:13The caption at the bottom?
00:14"'Three days until the party begins.
00:16All are invited.'"
00:17Plus, there's a shout-out to Netflix, making this sweet moment also a commercial of sorts
00:21for Meghan's latest foray into domestic goddesshood.
00:24The Duchess of Sussex typically keeps her kids out of the spotlight, but in recent posts
00:28promoting With Love, Meghan, and her newly renamed lifestyle brand, As Ever, the Duchess
00:32has let her guard down and invited high-profile celebrity friends in, all to help hawk this
00:36new image of herself as a lifestyle guru.
00:39The millennial Martha Stewart of Montecito, as culture writer Louis Staples recently called
00:42her in The New York Times, friends Abigail Spencer and Mindy Kaling appeared in the show's
00:47much-mocked trailer, and now Serena is in the mix as the latest big name used to draw
00:51swooning viewers in to check out Meghan's newest hustle.
00:54But maybe an even bigger draw here is little Lilibet, who clearly inherited Harry's red
00:58hair, looking more grown-up with each promotional post.
01:01Here she is on the As Ever website, walking hand-in-hand in the grass with her mama, heading
01:04to another photo shoot, perhaps, and her older brother Archie's also been popping up on Meghan's
01:09page, which has almost exclusively been used to promote the Netflix partnership since she
01:13relaunched it in January.
01:14In the newest clip, Auntie Serena claps along as Lilibet plays in Meghan Looks On, so it's
01:19unclear what, exactly, this has to do with With Love, which is reportedly a recipe-free
01:23cooking show that will also cover other relatable domestic pursuits, like freezing edible flowers
01:28and ice cubes and donning a full beekeeper suit to tend to your hive.
01:31"...multifaceted folks, that's what we are."
01:34Regardless, Serena dutifully reposted the video, and this photo of her and Meghan hugging,
01:38to her own account, and her 18 million followers.
01:41Meghan and Serena have been close since 2010, and the athlete was there when Meghan and
01:45Harry said,
01:46"...I do," back in 2018, not long after the suit star shut down her first Instagram account.
01:50These days, she's back on the grim, and when she's not trotting her kids out to promote
01:53streaming content, she's sharing photos of her and Harry on a date night, drizzling honey
01:57on a croissant, and explaining why she had to hastily rebrand the haughty American Riviera
02:01Orchard into the fluffy as ever.
02:03"...It's my neighborhood, it's a nickname for Santa Barbara, but it limited me to things
02:08that were just manufactured and grown in this area."
02:12But Meghan's masking the copyright woe she's had to deal with, which appeared to be the
02:15real reason ARO had to go.
02:17The duchess couldn't secure the name in the U.S., so it was out with the old, in with
02:21the as ever, even as more legal issues landed on her considerable doorstep.
02:25A boutique NYC clothing brand already had the name, and a small town in Mallorca pretty
02:29much already had the logo, so time will tell if as ever has any staying power.
02:33And as Meghan's new show drops, we'll see if she gets her kids involved in any further
02:37promotional pushes.
02:38She's on the cover of the latest People magazine solo, for an intimate conversation about her
02:42private world in Montecito, and the next phase of her career.
02:45Meghan opened up about why she chose to film her new show at a nearby rental, and not her
02:49actual house, saying,
02:50"...I wanted to protect that safe haven.
02:52We're a close-knit family, with a crew of 80-plus people.
02:55That's a lot of people to have in your house."
02:57Fortunately for her fans, Meghan appears to be letting her followers into her close-knit
03:01family more and more, so expect further glimpses of Lilibet and Archie in the coming weeks,
03:05as the world watches The Real Housewife of Montecito take on reality TV.