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Dude, it’s simply a jar of jam.
Pardon — fruit unfold, as Meghan Markle is now compelled by the FDA to call it.
But the Duchess of Sussex, who debuted her line of 9 As Ever merchandise on Wednesday morning, believes she is promoting a magical portal to Montecito, the place she lives in a $14 million property.
That $14 raspberry concoction is “presented in keepsake packaging that you can repurpose to tuck away love notes or special treasures, and to remember this pivotal moment with me. Think of it as our time capsule,” Markle wrote in her e-newsletter.
Not, as you would possibly suppose on first look, an overpriced, factory-produced jar of fruit unfold plus the “keepsake” box it got here in. (The good place to cover our mounting payments.)
Meghan Markle’s life-style model, As Ever, launched Wednesday with 9 merchandise together with fruit unfold and honey. As Ever
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Many manufacturers have bins that may be repurposed. It’s understood — moderately than touted as an added worth, or a sentimental one at that. But Markle is residing on a larger aircraft, and her lil’ pearls of knowledge are serving to us slobs perceive how the opposite half lives: They recycle jars. (Meghan suggests placing pencils or flowers in empty As Ever containers.)
It jogs my memory of the scene in “Airplane” when Elaine (Julie Hagerty) joins the Peace Corps and teaches a distant African tribe concerning the many makes use of of Tupperware.
Markle really appears to suppose she’s instructing us one thing revolutionary or so helpful that it’s going to change our lives — or simply convey “joy,” a phrase she abuses with impunity.
Among the small choices, Meghan Markle is promoting one thing known as flower sprinkles. As Ever
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle obtained a Ripple of Hope Award in 2022 for preventing for racial justice. AFP by way of Getty Images
Dubbed “a curated collection by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex,” every As Ever offering — three teas, honey, the fruit unfold, crepe and cookie mixes, and one thing known as “flower sprinkles” — is accompanied by a ridiculous treacly description.
As for her edible flower sprinkles: “This addition epitomizes the idea of ‘surprise and delight,’ beautifying any dish, and taking it from mundane to magical.”
Priced at $15, these nearly instantly offered out — suggesting we will likely be inundated with a complete bunch of annoying (or perhaps hilarious) TikToks this weekend.
Prince Harry is now at odds with Sr. Sophie Chandauka (above, with Harry and Nacho Figueras), the chair of Sentebale, who has accused him of bullying. Getty Images for Sentebale
But at the same time as Markle is sprinkling surprise, an ugly information cycle is swirling round her husband over his alleged “harassment and bullying” of Dr. Sophie Chandauka, the Zimbabwean lawyer who heads up his Sentebale charity.
Chandauka has accused Prince Harry, who has stepped down from the group he co-founded in reminiscence of Princess Diana, of “misogynoir” — prejudice towards or contempt of black girls.
The irony is wealthy.
After all, the Sussexes famously lobbed bombshell allegations of racism towards the royal household of their now notorious 2021 whinge-fest with Oprah.
Markle’s Netflix show “With Love, Meghan” options her cooking and offer entertaining ideas, alongside associates like Mindy Kaling. JUSTIN COIT/NETFLIX
They constructed their Sussex model on advantage signal after advantage signal — all these feel-good expressions that garner clout from the celebrities and activist varieties from whom the couple crave approval.
In 2022, they got an RFK Ripple of Hope award for his or her work on preventing racial justice. On their Netflix docu-series “Harry and Meghan,” Markle boasted about Beyoncé texting her that she was “selected to break generational curses.”
Now, in 2025, the “With Love, Meghan” star is breaking open Trader Joe’s Pretzel Nuggets to switch from one plastic bag to a different.
The couple pledged to go “carbon net zero by 2030” and mentioned they have been solely going to have two youngsters as a result of overpopulation hurts the planet.
Harry reportedly requested Dr. Sophie Chandauka to help Markle’s awkward habits at polo fundraiser — then allegedly grew offended when she didn’t. Hello UK
But Markle is now a capitalist, and I’m guessing these As Ever merchandise received’t be delivered by Monty the Montecito donkey. How many trees needed to die for her time capsules?
Funny how the Sussexes’ preaching receded as their concepts fell flat and victimhood dropped out of fashion.
In an interview with the New York Times that additionally dropped Wednesday — wherein Markle is patted on the top for being “quick with a lemon zester and deft with a knife” — she allowed a reporter into her and Harry’s home on the situation that no images have been allowed of their sacred fireplace.
With a lot of her life nonetheless behind closed doorways, Markle is telling us she no longer needs to impose a morality. Only a gilded life-style.
