Meghan Markle’s most recent As Ever product launch was hit with a technical glitch as the Duchess of Sussex unveiled her newest products, which includes a £10.38 orange marmalade.
The Duchess of Sussex, 44, strategically timed the launch of her latest items to coincide with the release of her new eight part series, with Love Meghan, which landed on Netflix this morning.
However, as her new products were launched on the As Ever website it appeared to have experienced a glitch with generic shirts with ‘example product title’ or descriptions showing on the screen.
Her latest ‘seasonal’ products includes a range of herbal teas – lemon, hibiscus, and peppermint – as well as $9 (£6.67) raspberry spread, $14 (£10.38) orange marmalade in keepsake packaging.
Flower sprinkles, a shortbread cookie mix with flower sprinkles, priced at $14 (£10.38), and a $14 (£10.38) crepe mix are also on offer to fans keen to try the Duchess’s new range.
It comes after the second season of her series, which features high-profile guests including Chrissy Teigen, John Legend and fashion expert Tan France,debuted to a wave of lukewarm reviews.
The show, which sees Meghan take on baking and cooking tasks in a rustic farmhouse-style setting, has already divided critics, with many branding it ‘staged’, ‘contrived’, and ‘toe-curling’.
Yet, undeterred by the backlash, Meghan’s team announced yesterday new As Ever products will soon be hitting the shelves in a newsletter announcing today’s product drop would include a ‘delectable new fruit spread.’
Meghan Markle opens up about her family a number of times in the lifestyle show, which features cooking, crafting and hosting tips
Meghan Markle has announced a fresh drop of products from her lifestyle brand As Ever just hours after the second season of her Netflix show debuted
Model and TV personality Chrissy Teigen turns up with her husband, the singer-songwriter John Legend, in the series
Meghan, 43, launched her lifestyle brand earlier this year, releasing the first products in April, which included a range of teas, a raspberry spread, and a lwildflower honey with honeycomb
The company revealed on Wednesday that following the buzz surrounding the 2023 Napa Valley Rosé (seen), it will be launching another wine, called the 2024 Napa Valley Rosé
‘And just to add to the music to your ears, we are excited to share so many more new offerings as we transition to fall,’ Meghan said in the newsletter.
It follows the success of her previous launches, which included wildflower honey, raspberry and apricot spreads, a selection of teas, and even her own 2023 and 2024 Napa Valley Rosé.
Each of her product drops has been met with frenzied excitement from her fans, with stock reportedly selling out almost immediately.
The Duchess has leaned heavily into the domestic and artisan aesthetic, with With Love, Meghan showcasing her baking in a sunlit kitchen alongside her celebrity friends.
In one episode, she prepares sourdough for Chrissy Teigen and uses pre-made puff pastry to whip up her version of McDonald’s apple pies with Tan France.
Despite the wholesome imagery, Meghan admits to chef Christina Tosi: ‘Usually, I don’t like baking because it’s so measured.’
Her As Ever range, which first launched in March, includes pre-measured shortbread cookie and crepe mixes — an apparent nod to her desire for a more relaxed approach to home baking.
While preparing her apple pies, Meghan tells viewers: ‘Let’s get our puff pastry ready. We’re going to use pre-made, good puff pastry as opposed to making our dough from scratch.’
She later adds: ‘I love the idea of being able to rethink baking to be just a little more spontaneous.’
The show also delves into her personal life, with Meghan sharing intimate moments from her relationship with Prince Harry — including the revelation that he was the first to say the L-word and that she realised she was falling in love during their third date, a safari in Botswana.
Despite landing a second season, the Duchess’s show has once again failed to win over many critics.
The Mail’s Liz Jones labelled it ‘staged, fake and dull’ — though she added Meghan was ‘genuinely earnest.’
The Guardian called it ‘so boring’ and ‘so contrived’, while The Telegraph dubbed Meghan a ‘Montecito Marie Antoinette’.
As for her honey, we didn’t enjoy the ‘waxy’ taste of the honeycomb or the super strong wildflower aftertaste
A selection of teas and spreads from Meghan’s collection
The Times wasn’t any kinder, describing the show as ‘a series in search of a meaning, fronted by a woman in need of some cash.’
Royal correspondent Sean Coughlan was one of the few to strike a gentler tone, calling the series a form of escapism: ‘It’s a glass of something sparkling on a grey day.’
But other reviews slammed it as out-of-touch and overproduced.
Radio Times critic Caroline Frost wrote that Meghan ‘failed’ to appear ‘authentic’ and criticised the production for being ‘as impersonal as a supermarket ad’.
This is despite Meghan insisting in an interview with Bloomberg that she is finally embracing her true self after years of royal constraints.
‘It was different several years ago where I couldn’t be as vocal and I had to wear nude pantyhose all the time!’ she said, adding that it ‘felt a little bit inauthentic.’
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