In 2020, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, the Duchess and Duke of Sussex, made the seismic decision to step down as working royals, move to Southern California, and cultivate a career in media by launching their own multi-armed production company,

In Monday’s edition of her Substack newsletter “ Fresh Hell ,” Brown describes the series ― which premiered on Netflix last week ― as “a testament to how far the beleaguered Duchess of Sussex has rowed herself backward in time since she first burst into the public consciousness more than eight years ago.”