Meghan Markle may have timed her latest product launch to overshadow Princess Catherine’s appearance at Trooping the Colour as part of the Sussexes’ alleged “campaign” to undermine the monarchy.
News Corp columnist Louise Roberts has called out Meghan Markle for trying to “take the spotlight away” from King Charles and Princess Kate by promoting jam and dog biscuits.
While Trooping the Colour was happening, Meghan Markle was promoting jam and dog biscuits.
“Instead of doing the classy thing and sending a very public message, particularly to Charles and Kate given their cancer battle … instead, one of Harry’s polo friends was putting up Instagram pictures of dog biscuits and raspberry jam,” Ms Roberts told Sky News host Caroline Di Russo.
“To take the spotlight away from her father-in-law and sister-in-law is really, really poor form.
“I don’t think anyone cares about jam or dog biscuits at a time when the whole world’s attention … is on Kate and her bravery on the world stage.”
Polo player and close friend of Prince Harry, Nacho Figueras, took to social media on Saturday to share that he had been sent some “new” American Riviera Orchard products, remarkably on the same day and time as Trooping the Colour.
The Instagram photos revealed a new jam and some dog biscuits, which were both beautifully presented in glass containers in Meghan’s signature handwriting.
It appears that Nacho was one of just two people to receive a jar of jam as the label stated it was “2 of 2”, whereas Meghan’s last batch of strawberry jams, which she gifted to top influencers, was a batch of 50.
The newest offering from Meghan Markle owned American Riviera Orchard
as showcased by Nacho Figueras. Picture: Instagram.
Meghan has made two more jars of American Riviera Orchard jam. Picture: Instagram.
The surprise announcement was the first update from American Riviera Orchard in months and came as the entire royal family gathered on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the King’s birthday.
The Princess of Wales was all smiles as she greeted crowds of tens of thousands alongside her three children and husband William on the palace balcony after riding in the Glass State Coach along the Mall.
Industry insiders were quick to speculate that Meghan may be regretting leaving the royal family amid her alleged fading star power in the United States.
“(Meghan) must be eating her heart out,” media insider Parnell Palme McGuinness told Sky News over the suspicious timing of the dog biscuits announcement.
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The entire Wales family appeared in public for the first time this year during Trooping the Colour. Picture by Chris Jackson/Getty Images.
“Meghan, if she had not done this Megxit this … it would be her moment to shine.
“She must be sitting there, bleeding in every pot of jam.”
Meanwhile, royal reporter Louise Roberts slammed the Duchess of Sussex for trying to “take the spotlight away” from Kate and Charles.
“Instead of doing the classy thing and sending a very public message, particularly to Charles and Kate given their cancer battle … instead, one of Harry’s polo friends was putting up Instagram pictures of dog biscuits and raspberry jam,” Ms Roberts told Sky News host Caroline Di Russo.
“To take the spotlight away from her father-in-law and sister-in-law is really, really poor form.”
Princess of Wales Catharine travels along The Mall to the Trooping the Colour ceremony at Horse Guards Parade, London, Saturday, June 15, 2024. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA via AP.
Allegations that the Sussexes time their media antics with major royal occasions were first raised by esteemed royal author Robert Hardman in his book Charles III: The Inside story.
In the book, Mr Hardman chronicled King Charles’s crucial first months on the throne and noticed a surprising pattern.
Many of the early milestones and engagements carried out by Charles were consistently upstaged by seemingly pre-planned bombshells from the Sussexes, likely to try and destabilise the monarchy.
On October 27, 2022, the royal mint announced the first coins had been minted featuring the new King, but the historic occasion was soon “eclipsed” when Harry dropped a surprise teaser about his tell-all memoir Spare the exact same day.
The Sussexes have a history of timing their ventures with major royal occasions. Picture: Sunday Alamba.
“The announcement all but eclipsed the news,” Mr Hardman wrote.
The author then charted “an extraordinary 12-week run of nonstop disobliging headlines and combative allegations” from the Sussexes that coincided with major milestones for the King.
Perhaps most egregiously, the Sussexes shamelessly released their bombshell docuseries Harry and Meghan in mid-December 2022, while Harry’s controversial memoir was released in January.
The extraordinary media interest in both projects meant little attention was paid to the King’s historic first Christmas day speech as monarch that was released in between.
However, it was later confirmed Meghan only discovered her sister-in-law had the disease shortly before the public and the timing was truly an unfortunate coincidence.