Meghan Markle's debut back in the entertainment world begins on March 4 with the release of her reality series With Love, Meghan.
The show follows as Meghan Markle and a rotating cast of celebrity guests cooks, tends to her garden, and talks about her life since she and husband Prince Harry made the decision to step away from the royal family and settle down together in California.
Us Weekly has shared all the details of the episodes ahead of their release on Netflix. All eight episodes of the first season of With Love, Meghan will be available on the streaming service on March 4 at 3 a.m. ET/midnight PT.
The show was originally scheduled to be released in January 2025, but the release was pushed back out of respect for the wildfires that devastated southern California in early 2025.
- Is With Love, Meghan filmed in Meghan Markle's real house?
- Who are the celebrity guests on With Love, Meghan?
- Will Prince Harry and the kids appear in With Love, Meghan?
- Does Meghan Markle talk about the royal family on With Love, Meghan?
Is With Love, Meghan filmed in Meghan Markle's real house?
Ahead of the release of With Love, Meghan, Meghan Markle revealed to PEOPLE that With Love, Meghan is actually not filmed in the house that she, Prince Harry, and their children have been living in since leaving the royal spotlight.
According to the publication, though they've settled in a luxurious estate in Montecito, she chose to film her Netflix series in a nearby rental home with a similar layout and homey feeling to her own house instead of letting the Netflix camera crew and producers into her own house.
She told PEOPLE that the house they share together is her "safe haven" and that she wanted to "protect" that space instead of having such a large number of people in and out in order to film. In order to keep her family life as normal as possible while still showing off how she tends to her family and entertains guests, she says that filming in a nearby rental was the best choice.
Meghan Markle told the publication, "We're a close-knit family, and I love those moments — putting Lili down for a nap, having lunch together, having sacred time together at the end of the day. Our kitchen is where Mama just cooks for the family, and with a crew of 80-plus people, that's a lot of people to have in your house!"
Who are the celebrity guests on With Love, Meghan?
With Love, Meghan is set to feature a ton of celebrity guests and friends of the famous couple. Early previews of the new series showed off some of the guests that would be appearing, but Us Weekly has confirmed the full list of celebrities, famous chefs, and close family friends of Harry and Meghan.
Throughout the eight episodes in the first season of With Love, Meghan, Meghan Markle's guest stars will include chefs Roy Choi, Alice Waters, and Ramon Valezquez; Tacha co-founder Vicky Tsai; former Suits connections Daniel Martin and Abigail Spencer; wife of Harry's best friend Delfina Blaquier; actress Mindy Kailing; designer Tracy Robbins; and philanthropists Kelly Zaijfen and Victoria Jackson.
According to Meghan Markle's interview with PEOPLE, community is a big focus of her and Harry's life in Monecito, so entertaining and having people over -- both famous and not -- has been a large part of her life at home.
"We had several days with different families at our home, and we were able to get to know the parents better, and all the kids could play," Meghan Markle shared with PEOPLE about her "dream" life of getting to know other local parents and having playdates for their children, Archie and Lili.
Will Prince Harry and the kids appear in With Love, Meghan?
Harry, Lili, and Archie have been a major question when it comes to With Love, Meghan since the show was first announced. According to Us Weekly, the show does not directly feature Meghan Markle's family, but there are glimpses of Prince Harry in a few points in the series.
The publication states that Harry can be heard speaking in flashback scenes while Meghan Markle is telling stories about her life and he has a brief cameo in the season finale at the launch of Meghan Markle's lifestyle brand, As Ever.
Meanwhile, Archie and Lili are never seen throughout the show, but a photo of one of her children is shown during one of the flashback scenes as Meghan Markle reminisces about his first birthday party and the two are mentioned numerous times throughout the episodes.
According to Us Weekly, there are numerous mentions of her kids and husband throughout the season as she's speaking to her guests and the camera crew about different things.
Some mentions of Prince Harry and their kids, Archie and Lili, include talking about Archie's love of the family's chicken coop, the fact that she refers to Harry as "H" when she mentions him, the fact that she tries to use food to build memories for her children, and the fact that her cooking has changed as their family has grown.
Does Meghan Markle talk about the royal family on With Love, Meghan?
With Love, Meghan is notably Meghan Markle's first step back into the spotlight after she left Hollywood with her marriage to Prince Harry. In 2020, the two of them announced that they were going to be stepping away from their duties as members of the royal family and the two of them subsequently did an interview with Oprah about their struggles and their difficult decision to step away from the royal family.
Although With Love, Meghan is drawing a lot of attention from fans and followers of Harry and Meghan who are expecting another tell-all, Us Weekly reports that Meghan Markle does not directly acknowledge that part of her life -- at least not in the way people might be hoping for.
At one point in the series, Us Weekly reports that Meghan Markle refers to one of her friends as being a close friend of hers throughout "the before, during and after" of her life, seemingly in reference to her time as an actress on Suits, her life as a senior member of the royal family, and now her life after stepping away from the royal family.
At another point in the series, Meghan Markle has a conversation with one of her guests, Tacha skincare co-founder Vicky Tsai, about the traditional Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, known as kintsugi. During the conversation, she very lightly touches on going through a hard time in life and tells anyone who has been through something in the past that things can be fixed and healed.
"If you break something that is precious and valuable, it’s not broken, but that fracture makes it more beautiful," Meghan Markle says during the segment about kintsugi and later has an emotional moment when her guest says, "Things that lived and been dropped and put back together again are more beautiful."
With Love, Meghan will release all eight episodes at once on Netflix on March 4 at 3 a.m ET/midnight PT. Netflix has yet to make any announcements about whether or not the show will get a second season.
Since Harry & Meghan, the 2022 Netflix special that the couple starred in, only had a single season, it's entirely possible that With Love, Meghan will be another limited project for the Duchess of Sussex, but only time and an official announcement from Netflix or Meghan herself will tell.