Inside Meghan Markle's 'easy' call to delay her 'joyful' Netflix cooking show after personally witnessing devastation from LA wildfires
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Meghan Markle didn't think twice about postponing her Netflix cooking series with just three days to go, it has been reported. It was announced on Sunday that the Duchess of Sussex, 43, had made the decision to postpone With Love, Meghan due to the devastation of the wildfires in her hometown of Los Angeles.
![[On Friday, the Duchess and her husband Prince Harry visited survivors of the wildfires and were spotted handing out food packages]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/10/94115243-14287021-image-a-16_1736937879119.jpg)
Some critics have since questioned her motives for delaying the launch by two months - from January 15 to March 4 - but insiders have told PEOPLE Magazine it was an 'easy decision' for Meghan to make. On Friday, the Duchess and her husband Prince Harry visited survivors of the wildfires and were spotted handing out food packages.
![[Meghan Markle has pushed the release of her new Netflix show to March 4 due to the LA wildfires]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/10/93682189-14287021-Meghan_Markle_has_pushed_the_release_of_her_new_Netflix_show_to_-a-18_1736937907994.jpg)
They were also said to have opened their home in Montecito - around 90 miles away from LA - to victims and donated money and essential items. The ongoing Palisades and Eaton fires have become among the deadliest in California history - with the death toll reaching 24 and a shocking 12,000 buildings destroyed by the flames.
![[Flames near a fire road above Mandeville Canyon during the Palisades Fire on January 11]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/10/94115241-14287021-image-a-19_1736937919419.jpg)
It's clearly a cause that is close to the Duchess's heart - and the delay was led by Meghan's concern over 'putting out a show centred on joy' when people nearby 'no longer have homes'. A source told PEOPLE: 'Delaying the release of With Love, Meghan was likely an easy decision for her.
![[Meghan, 43, grew up in Los Angeles , and now resides in Montecito with her husband, Prince Harry, and their two kids, Archie, five, and Lilibet, three]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/10/93867883-14287021-Meghan_43_grew_up_in_Los_Angeles_and_now_resides_in_Montecito_wi-a-21_1736938551627.jpg)
Meghan Markle reportedly found the decision to postpone her Netflix cooking show an 'easy' one. She is pictured in a trailer for With Love, Meghan. 'I don’t think she could imagine putting out a show centered on joy and hosting when so many people in her home state no longer have homes to host people in.
![[Meghan Markle was spotted comforting victims and first responders at an evacuation centre, on Friday amid the ongoing fires in LA]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/10/93987005-14287021-Meghan_Markle_was_spotted_comforting_victims_and_first_responder-a-20_1736938462795.jpg)
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