Just before one of the biggest royal events of the year took place, the Princess of Wales (formerly known as Kate Middleton) announced that she would be attending Trooping the Colour.
And just hours before the princess’s long-anticipated appearance, Meghan Markle did something that a royal expert has labeled as “ridiculous” and “a joke” while another commentator questioned if the duchess’s blunder means she has decided to throw up the “white flag.”
In March, Meghan announced the launch of her lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, but has been slow to roll out her products, only sending out 50 jars of strawberry jams to her friends and social media influencers. However, mere hours before the Trooping the Colour ceremony began, Meghan released two more products from her line: raspberry jam and dog biscuits.
Fitzwilliams told The Sun: “The idea that they would do something on the day of Trooping the Colour. I mean, it’s pretty silly. I mean, it is a clash of a sort. What was done was just silly. We know in March Meghan launched American Riviera Orchard. We know that she sent some 50 jars of strawberry jam to some of her pals and influencers, she had a few endorsements, but this wasn’t really very impressive. There weren’t many A-listers who said how wonderful it was.”
Fitzwilliams continued: “What’s so odd is that she did anything on the day of Trooping the Colour at all, it doesn’t make any sense … The label on the jar said two of two, if she’s only going to send two jars out, what on earth is the point? … I don’t think it’s been thought out. This makes no public relations sense. It’s ridiculous.
“Meghan would not have been advised to do this by any of her public relation consultants … It’s very, very odd. If she just sent the jam to a friend, she should have asked him not to post it, because otherwise it clearly makes them objects to mockery. This is something of a joke.”
