Nov. 19, 2025

Bagels, Deleted Photos and a Wickless Candle. Meghan Markle Faces Another Week of Online Backlash

Bagels, Deleted Photos and a Wickless Candle. Meghan Markle Faces Another Week of Online Backlash

Meghan Markle is under renewed scrutiny after a series of lifestyle posts from her As Ever brand prompted widespread criticism online. Viewers mocked her “festive breakfast spread” video, questioned why Kardashian party photos featuring the Sussexes were deleted, and debated whether Meghan is leaning on celebrity allies to bolster her brand. A viral unboxing video also alleged that an As Ever candle arrived without a wick, sparking further ridicule. Analysts say her recent fashion choices signal a deliberate rebranding as she continues promoting As Ever.

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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace intrig Game.

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Your host Mark Francis. Meghan Michael's lifestyle videos have once

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again stirred up controversy, this time over bagels. The Duchess

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of Sussex shared a clip on her as Ever Instagram

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page showing followers how to make a festive breakfast spread

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using the brand's fifteen dollars edible flour sprinkles. In the

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short video, Megan scoops cream cheese onto a plate, decorates

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it with sliced strawberries and petals, and serves it with

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four untoasted bagel halves, all set to dadou ron Ron

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by the Crystals. The post, captioned strawberry one of Oprah's

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favorite things don't miss out, was meant to promote as

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Ever's Christmas gift collection. Instead, it prompted a wave of

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online mockery, with critics calling the recipe clueless, inexperienced, and

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instagram over substance. What in the ever loving fresh hours? Yes,

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so now to serve cream cheese, We're smearing it on

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a plate, throwing leaves on it and calling it elevated.

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One use it fumed on x Another wrote, cream, cheese

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and jam on a bageler's college dorm food, except even

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a college kid would toast it first. Others criticized Megan's

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food handling etiquette, noting that she prepared the dish one

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wearing multiple gold rings and bracelets. One commenter suggested, you

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take off your jewelry, you wash your hands, and then

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you're good. I would never touch anything that even touches

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out cooks. God knows if she poisons you. Food critics

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also questioned her culinary schools, with one saying you can

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tell by the way she chops the strawberries that she's

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very inexperienced with cooking. One viewer remarked, while another said

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the clip felt more like a lesson in food decoration

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than actual cooking. It's not the first time Megan's kitchen

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experiments have backfired. Earlier this month, she was ridiculed for

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sharing a mulled water recipe made with her sixteen dollars

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spiced side up mulling spice kit, a concoction one fan

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compared to air freshener in mugs. Internets Lose are trying

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to determine why the Kardashians delete and party photos showing

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the Sussexes mingling with other party goers. According to celebrity

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gossip outlet Des Noirs, some insiders believe the deletions were

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prompted by criticism over Meghan's outfit. The Duchess reportedly wasn't

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wearing a remembrance poppy, a small but highly symbolic gesture

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in the UK each November, and the omission may have

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been seen as controversial given the timing. However, another report

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from Rob's Shooter's Shooter Scoop suggests the move had nothing

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to do with optics and everything to do with control.

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They were polite but firm. Nothing goes online without their

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sign off, as source said, they built their brand on control,

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and they weren't about to let a Kardashian post ruin that.

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If that's true, it didn't say well. The famously headstrong

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Jena matriarch Chris doesn't like being told what to do,

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especially not by royals who live in Montecito. One insider

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told the outlet. She said, if Meggie and Harry want control,

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they can have it, just not on her guest list.

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Meghan Michael is doubling down on as ever, but not

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without sparking chatter about how she's pulling it off. The

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Duke of Sussex hosted the soft launch at Godmother's, a

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local bookstore co owned by friends, where she showcased as

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Eva's Candles, teas and fruit spreads. The display coincided with

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a major promotional boost Oprah Winfrey adding an as ever

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gift box to her annual Favorite Things list, but the

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timing led some to question whether Meghan is leaning heavily

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on her famous circle to keep momentum alive. A pr

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insider told Radar Online it's classic celebrity crisis management. Meghan's

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sales clearly need a boost, so she's calling and favors

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famous friends, friendly stores, and Oprah's spotlight, But instead of

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looking savvy, it comes off as a little desperate. The

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reportals are noted a same day email campaign offering ten

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percent off her beloved spreads, viewed as a push to

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translate publicity into sales. Local reactions were mixed. One Montecito

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resident described the events stage managed. People around here are amused.

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She talks like she's building an empire, but it looks

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more like she's just helping out at her friend's bootigue.

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As one insiders summed up, she's doing everything she can

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to make as Ever work, and she's not afraid to

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call in a few wealthy pals to help her do it.

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An American influencer has ignited even more Megan mockery after

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claiming that the sixty four dollar candle he purchased arrived

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without a wick link. Lauren, a twenty six year old

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conservative commentator nicknamed Mega Malfoy because of his resemblance to

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a Harry Potter character. But we don't have time for that,

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posted an unboxing video of as Ever's signature candle number

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eight four, which is marketed as capturing the scent of

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Megan and Prince Harry's Montecito home. Mid review, Lauren burst

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into laughter, declaring there's no wick and inviting his camera

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operator to zoom and improve it. I got markled, he

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wrote in the caption, there's no wick. Kind of a

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metaphor for her career. Nothing's lighting. Social media quickly piled on.

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One commented joke that the wik was sold separately, while

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another equipped well in these challenging economic times, the candle

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will last forever. Others called it the sixty four dollars

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wickless candle. The entire brand in a nutshell. Lauren told

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followers he planned to request a refund, insisting I have

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the video of me opening brand new. They can't argue

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with facts. Not everyone bought the story, though some fans

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suggested the candle had been tampered with before filming. The

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candle looks like it was made with a WK and

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someone pulled it out, one user wrote, while another questioned,

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how do we know you didn't take the wick out yourself?

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The box was already open when you hit record. The

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as ever, candle in question number eight four takes its

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name from Megan's August fourth birthday and features notes of

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water lotus, sandal wooden California poppy. It was part of

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the Duchess's recently launched Christmas collection, released alongside her upcoming

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Netflix special with Meghan. In his review, Lauren conceded that

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the candle probably does smell like Meghan Mark's bathroom, but

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concluded it's a no for me. The Daily Mail suggests

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Megan Michael's wardrobe is sending a message and it's written

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in white. In recent months, the Duchess has made the

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shade her calling card from a sweeping balance the ogre

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cape at Paris Fashion Week to a string of sleek

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monochrome suits and soft knits in her as Ever lifestyle campaigns.

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Her festive advert for the brand showed her in a

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white sweater and matching trousers pouring tea in Golden California. Light.

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Every frame curated, every detail deliberate. According to colour psychologist

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Jewels Standish, that's no coincidence. Megan is constantly reinventing herself

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on the colour white gives a sense of optimism, making

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it the perfect shade for her. She told The Daily Mail.

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It's pure, It projects calmness and perfection, and it signals

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sophistication with a no nonsense edge. It's a brave move

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to where a White Standish explained, You're not hiding anything.

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It's a statement of confidence, openness and control. And control

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is precisely what Megaan seems to be aiming for more

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Palasan just a moment. With all the recent chaos, the

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Princess Royal just goes about her duty. The ABC fawned

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over her as Juliet Ryden recapped the recent Australian tour

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by writing, it was early on Saturday morning when Princess

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Anne flew into Sydney for a packed four days of

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engagements across three capital cities. Some commenters suggested the lack

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of fanfare and access to the Royal was designed to

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keep media away and avoid awkward questions about the scandals

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surrounding her brother, the newly demoted Andrew Mountbatten Winsor. But

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the plans for the Princess Royal's Australian tour had been

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in the diary for more than a year and it

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was always going to be a tightly focused military mission

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to celebrate the centenary of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals,

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of which she is Colonel in chief. Early interview requests

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pitched by the ABC months ago were politely declined. Pallace

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advisors explained that the aim of this trip would be

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to pat tri, tribute to, and spend time with Australia's

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military and their families, and that is certainly what transpired.

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This was not a Royal pr offensive. There were wreath laid,

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ceremonies held, and even done the uniform of the Australian

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Army for the first time, complete with a conic slouch hat.

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If the Princess Royal was nervous, She certainly didn't show it,

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nor did the Palace fill the need to engage minders

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the royal families most consummate professional had this On balance,

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the low key temperature of this tour resulted in a

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warm feeling of connection rather than alienation from the monarchy,

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which will surely please the Palace. As a regular visitor

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to these shores she first came back in nineteen seventy,

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Princess Anne was welcomed with open arms. Whether it's been

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enough to repair the damage to the Monarchy's brand wrought

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by Andrew Mountbatten Windsor remains to be seen. During her

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visit to Singapore's National Orchid Garden, the possible former royal

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sex bomb was seen wearing a vivid, glossy raspberry lipstick,

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a striking departure from the beige and blush tones favored

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by most of her relatives. She paired the bold lip

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with her signature softly powdered complexion, a neat performed hairstyle,

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and a sunshine yellow blazer that matched the cheerful tone

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of her look. Makeup artist Bobby Brown says anyone can

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take a cue from Anne's confidence without going full scarlet.

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There are rosy shades, pinky hues, and nudes with a

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hint of pink. It's really about your style and there

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