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The Duchess of Sussex’s new luxury brand is thought to have caused disgruntlement within the Palace over Meghan’s ‘grubby moneymaking’ with her new online shop, claims a royal expert
The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle is thought to have caused annoyance in the Palace after she launched her new luxury brand.
Meghan’s new brand American Riviera Orchard ‘soft launched’ in recent weeks and it’s thought the Duchess plans to sell all manner of things from cosmetics to yoga mats and even dog food. Meghan is expected to rake in millions of dollars for her efforts but a royal expert claims this isn’t sitting well with the Palace.
Speaking exclusively to the Mirror, royal expert and author Tom Quinn explained: “Like many Americans, Meghan just cannot understand why anyone should see that making money out of your connections is ever a bad thing. There are groans at Kensington Palace about Meghan‘s new website – for all their modernising, the role family still dislike what they see as grubby moneymaking and the fact that Meghan is planning to sell kitchen and cookery equipment is grubby in the palace’s view.”
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Quinn also pointed out that the timing of Meghan’s new brand comes as King Charles continues his cancer treatment and shortly after the health update from the Princess of Wales. He commented: “The new brand won’t come as a surprise, and in fact, I’ve spoken to people who are surprised that something like this didn’t happen sooner.
Meghan ‘soft launched’ her new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, earlier this month and has already gained more than 570,000 followers. American Riviera Orchard is thought to be a lifestyle and cookery brand that will tie in with a new cooking show on Netflix and it’s expected that the brand will stock home decor items such as marmalades, jams, and other lifestyle products including dog shampoo and cosmetics according to trademark documents that have been launched. It was suggested Meghan could rake in more than six-figures in sales in the first weeks of American Riviera Orchard’s launch, but it has not been revealed when the products will go on sale.
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