Meghan Markle teases appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show as she reveals the essential item she travels with to make sure she ‘shows up’ for Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet

The Duchess of Sussex has revealed that she records herself reading a bedtime  story for her children when travelling for work.

Montecito-based Meghan Markle told Drew Barrymore on The Drew Barrymore Show about her parenting style, noting that she adopts the approach because her children, Archie and Lilbet, are just five and three.

The mother-of-two is set to feature on the show, which aims to bring heartfelt conversations with special guests, on Thursday to promote her new Netflix series, With Love, Meghan.

Meghan teased her appearance on the programme yesterday on her Instagram Stories – as she revealed that she ‘filmed something fun in the city today’.

Taking to Instagram, she shared a clip of her walking in a hallway from behind while dressed in a pair of wide-leg trousers and a simple white vest, which was the same outfit she wore on the show, with the words: ‘Filmed something fun in the city today’.

Drew took to Instagram today to share the news, writing: ‘@meghan on being a working mom & her new show, ‘With Love, Meghan.’ Tune in Thursday (3/6) for more!’

A preview from the pre-recorded episode accompanied the caption, which saw Meghan explaining her approach to the 50 First Dates actress.

‘I always make it a point when I’m travelling, if I can’t do bedtime stories with my kids, because Archie and Lili are just three and five, so I’ll always pack a really thin book and I’ll video tape myself reading it’, Meghan, dressed in a sleeveless cream jumper, said in the video.

The Duchess of Sussex will feature on The Drew Barrymore show, which aims to bring heartfelt conversations with special guests, on Thursday to promote her new Netflix series, With Love, Meghan (pictured with Lilibet)

She added that by doing so, her husband, Prince Harry, can pull out the recording and show it to their children before bedtime: ‘So, whoever’s with them, or Papa can say, ”here’s mama reading you’re bedtime story’.’

Meghan added: ‘You find ways to show up to each other, and that’s the one thing I can convey through the show, or through As Ever as a brand, I want people to know you can show up for each other because you know how it feels when someone shows up for you.’

Meghan Markle‘s With Love show has a lowly 11 per cent rating from viewers, falling behind wrestling and sitcoms on Netflix‘s chart. 

The delayed lifestyle series was slammed by critics yesterday after its premiere as ‘gormless lifestyle filler’ with a ‘tangible desperation’.  

It currently sits at number six on the streaming channel’s top 10 behind Kate Hudson‘s basketball comedy series Running Point and WWE. 

Hollywood bible magazine Variety panned the Duchess of Sussex’s series as ‘a Montecito ego trip not worth taking’ in a no holds barred review.

Montecito-based Meghan told the 50 First Dates actress about how she records herself reading a bedtime story for her children when travelling 

Meghan Markle ‘s With Love show has a lowly 11 per cent rating from viewers with it behind wrestling and sitcoms on Netflix ‘s chart

Meghan pictured with Prince Harry who makes a fleeting appearance in his wife’s lifestyle series

The series has a lowly 11 per cent rating from more than 250 ratings from viewers on reviews site Rotten Tomatoes

‘The show plays out like a forced march, one in which Meghan’s guests must, as the price of getting to share an afternoon in a made-for-TV kitchen with her, praise her first,’ they wrote.

‘”With Love, Meghan” is made with a great deal of love — in the sense that the greatest love of all is the one that a person has for herself.’

The series has a lowly 11 per cent rating from more than 250 ratings from viewers on reviews site Rotten Tomatoes. 

A scathing one star reviewer quipped: ‘This isn’t even a fun hate watch. It’s just bad.’ 

A fellow low scorer said watching With Love was the ‘worst few minutes of my life’. 

‘Couldn’t watch the first episode. So boring I wanted to go into a coma. Nothing new, nothing innovative. nothing interesting. Can’t put myself through anymore. I give up. I’m crying Uncle!!!’ 

A third labelled it ‘too superficial and shallow’ saying: ‘It’s not a good cooking show, nor an interesting design show… it’s a pure ego-trip! Very uncomfortable to watch. An absolute waste of time.’

It doesn’t get much better on IMDb where it has a 2.6 out of 10 rating from more than 1,000 reviews. 

Meghan, 43, last night shared a new photograph with Gloria Steinem on Instagram where she revealed that she’s ‘filmed something fun’ while in New York.

Taking to Instagram, she shared a clip of her walking in a hallway from behind while dressed in a pair of wide-leg trousers and a simple white vest, with the words: ‘Filmed something fun in the city today’. 

But her new lifestyle series could be the last TV show she makes for Netflix as part of her $100million deal, commentators said, after the programme received a raft of withering reviews from critics.

While the Sussexes’ first documentary Harry & Meghan about their lives in 2022 was a major success in terms of audience numbers, two further productions about other subjects – Heart of Invictus in 2023 and Polo last December – slumped in the ratings.

‘With Love, Meghan’ currently sits at number six in Netflix’s top 10 – behind WWE wrestling and Kate Hudson’s comedy Running Point

Rotten Tomatoes reviewers have left scathing comments about the new series in a new blow for the Duchess

Prince Harry tells his wife Meghan: ‘Well done. You did a great job.’ in the new Netflix show

‘With Love, Meghan’ lands on Netflix is aimed at showing a new side to the Duchess of Sussex

Now, the couple will be desperate for Meghan’s new show to be a hit as questions remain over the future of their Netflix deal if their content is not popular enough.

Experts say a lack of revelations from the Sussexes about the monarchy – which were a major feature of their 2022 show – will likely lead to less interest from viewers. 

While Harry and Meghan are hoping the new show will be a hit, reception in Britain has been poor so far and it is unclear whether it will be the success they desire. 

The series was slammed by TV reviewers yesterday as ‘gormless lifestyle filler’ with a ‘tangible desperation’ as well as being ‘so awful it is almost compelling’.

In Amanda Platell’s Mail+ column, which you can read here, she said Harry would be as ‘desperate’ as Meghan for the show to be successful so they can continue their ‘millionaire LA lifestyles’.

Others from left-leaning publications such as the Guardian have warned this could be the last show Meghan and her husband Prince Harry ever make for Netflix if it is not a ratings success – describing it as ‘pointless‘.

One said it shows the Duchess is ‘attempting to cling to fame by any means possible’, while another described how she was ‘joylessly filling kids’ party bags with seeds’.

Reacting to the negative reception, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told MailOnline: ‘This, after the Hearts of Invictus series failed to grab viewers’ attention and the Polo series predictably didn’t either, is make or break for Meghan.

With Love, Meghan launched on the Netflix at 8am UK time today and midnight in California

The Duchess of Sussex launched her new lifestyle series ‘With Love, Meghan’ this morning

The Duchess of Sussex made several mentions of her two children, Archie, five, and Lilibet, two, in her new Netflix show – offering insight into very private upbringing in Montecito, in the US

‘It didn’t begin well. The trailer was extremely unpopular on social media. The reviews have been excoriating.’

He pointed out that the Sussexes have lost their Spotify deal with no more known book deals, while their charity foundation Archewell is a ‘relatively minor enterprise’.

But Mr Fitzwilliams said Meghan had ‘positioned herself as some form of influencer’ and had success with her lifestyle blog The Tig before she married Harry.

He added: ‘Who will watch apart from the fans? Perhaps a few stay at home moms who can afford the luxury which Meghan obviously worships.

‘At the moment she and Harry can too. However, after spending four hours watching a series as bad as this, one has to ask, for how much longer?’

Mr Fitzwilliams also pointed out that Harry and Meghan’s contract with Netflix was previously ‘useful to the streaming giant as they were also releasing episodes of The Crown‘, but that the streaming network will have ‘undoubtedly been disillusioned with the Sussexes’ failure to come up with a money maker’.