Meghan Markle Slammed For Exploiting Her Royal Status To Sell Products

Many people are wondering why Meghan Markle couldn’t have just launched her lifestyle company as Meghan Markle, like in the good old days when she ran The Tig and all.

Well, it comes as no surprise that the “Duchess of Sussex” title gives her new brand a nice ring and elevates her status from the common celebrity, but it’s come with a lot of criticisms.

Despite stepping down as a senior member of the Royal Family and promising to move on from the royal drama, this new era Meghan is still trading off her title, and royalists want her to stop.

Meghan Markle “Criticised” For Selling Products With Her Title

On Thursday, hours before Prince William and Harry were set to speak at the Diana Legacy Award event in London, Meghan Markle launched her lifestyle company as Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

Sources say the company – aptly named American Riviera Orchard in honor of their Santa Barbara home – has been a year in the making and Meghan tried her best to incorporate all the things that are close to her heart.

Speaking to GB News about the newly launched company, Michael Cole said: “Let’s call this what it is, it is home shopping, wearing a royal coronet. When the late Queen was alive, any member of the family seeking to exploit their royal status for monetary gain was highly criticised.”

He continued, counting off the royals who have been prevented from monetizing their titles: “Sophie the Duchess of Edinburgh had to give up her PR business, Peter Philips the son of Princess Anne gave up advertising milk in China and, laughably, when Prince Michael of Kent opened the Happy Eater on the A3 near Guildford they were laughed out of court.”

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“But this, of course, is being sold very much as Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex. You will remember that when she became engaged to Prince Harry, she dropped her social influencing blog, which was called The Tig. Well, essentially this is a revival of it to sell products.”

He added: “American Riviera is a trademark that they’re seeking to register. American Riviera is that part of the coastline in County Santa Barbara, where they live on the their Californian Camelot, on the hilltop at Montecito. So they’re out there flogging product, such as expensive jam and essential things like napkin rings.”

Meghan’s brand will reportedly focus on home, garden, food, and general lifestyle content.
Cole said: “We all need plenty of those, don’t we? So they’re going out to make money out of their royal status.”

The brand will also sell a variety of kitchenware as evidenced by Meghan cooking in the kitchen in the launch video.

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