March 31, 2025

Jam Expert Meghan Markle's packaging called Pretentious

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Meghan Sussex has revealed the first full look at the packaging for her “As Ever” raspberry jam — and the result has left the public somewhat stunned. The Duchess showcased a gleaming white case nearly double the size of the actual jar, complete with gold detailing, a dainty white label, and a metal lid, all of which, to the casual observer, appear more befitting a luxury candle or perfume than a fruit preserve. Palace Sources tell us yes Queen Elizabeth is indeed still dead and unable to comment.

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Calorogus, Shark Media and.

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Loo and welcome to Pallace Intrigue and your host, Mark Francis.

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Meghan Sussex has revealed the first look at the packaging

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for her as ever Raspberry Jam, and the result has

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left the public somewhat stunned. The duchess showcased a gleaming

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white case nearly double the size of the actual jar,

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complete with gold detailing, a dainty white label and a

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metal lid, all of which, to the casual observer, appear

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more befitting a luxury candle or perfume than their fruit

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preserve Palace. Sources tell us yes, Queen Elizabeth is indeed

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still dead and unable to comment. Social media reactions have

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been as tight as the jam itself. When unimpressed on

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looker exclaimed Megan, it's just jam. It doesn't require an

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entire presentation. This packaging is as pretentious as others echoed

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the sentiment, noting that the elaborate box looks like a perfume,

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with another adding seems like a lot of extra packaging

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for a company that wants to be environmentally aware. Despite

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the fast Meghan's Jam continues to be a hit among

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her Celebrity Circle, a longtime friend Abigail Spencer, hairstylist Ben Skurvin,

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and Pilate's studio owner Heather Doriic of all posted glowing

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praise of the raspberry spread, which they've sampled on crumpets,

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toast and presumably social clout. Skurvin's post reads the way

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any normal human would write, a very frothy Gai lady Lol,

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delicious afternoon, treat crumpets with butter and at as ever

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official raspberry spread. It's really addictive. Thanks at. Megan Spencer

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went with the sinatra pun start spreading the news. The

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Duchess gave her behind the scenes look at her Jam's

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production line via Instagram this week, where factory workers in

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plastic gloves were seen filling jars, a shift from her

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earlier batch of fifty, which Megan said she prepared herself

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at home. Meghan reminds us via Instagram, Jam is my Jam,

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but there are so many more products that I just

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love and now it's time to share them with you.

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So I just can't wait for you to see it.

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We just checked again and yes, Queen Elizabeth, it is

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still dead. It remains to be seen if the Jam

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over shadows Meghan's mildly anticipated podcast due out next week.

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To Snarky The Privacy Mind to Dunchess is being criticized

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for her using her children to help promote her business.

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Royal expert Tom Bauer tells The Mail the main charge

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against the Megan is hypocrisy and crude profiteering from her title.

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Every venture she tries, TV, politics, philanthropy, books, food and

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clothes is ridiculed. Obsessed by being a mum constantly speaking

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about cooking breakfast for my kids, Meghan is scraping the

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barrel for sympathy and support from American mothers. It's hard

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to believe that holding her children to promote her clothes

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once stop her credibility sliding deeper into the mud. Royal

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expert Richard Fitzwilliams added, Sussex's though anything which involves Archie

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and Lilabit is news. They are obsessive about privacy except

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when it suits them. She is ruthless. Royal author Phil

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Dampier said, nothing happens by accident, and she would have

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thought this through. And Noah's putting a photo of her

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children out at the same time as her clothing line

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would get maximum publicity. It begs the question whether Megan

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is exploiting her two children, who remain in the line

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of succession. I'd expect the Palace to take a dim

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view of this. The Wall Street Journal wrote about the

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Megan Effect. They explain New York fashion brand La Ligne

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saw a pair of its jeans sell out within a

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few days of Mirkael wearing them on the cooking Show.

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The brand had sent the genes to Mirkle, Howard said,

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and after the episode dropped, the company sold over five

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hundred pairs of the pants in about two weeks. A

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pair of forty dollars clogs Michael wore during an episode

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where she feeds her chickens sold out online in most

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women's sizes, and searches for the shoes on the Croc's

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website increased by seventy percent compared to last month, a

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company spokesperson said, demonstrating a dramatic rise and crocs being

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worn by chicken feeders. Business coach of Maddie Alexander Grout

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told Mail Online, if you take on average how many

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followers Megan has two point six million, and how much

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engagement she has, I would imagine based on her following that,

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she will have thousands and thousands of people buying these things,

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and she will be making a fair amount of that.

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She is going to make a fair amount based on

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what the clothes are worth. If she gets say fifteen

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percent of a shirt that's one hundred and twenty eight pounds,

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she'll be making nineteen pounds twenty. She will be selling

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thousands of those and could be making at least nineteen

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thousand pounds from one linen shirt. More Palace in just

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a moment, Royal inside a deep crown tells palace intrigue.

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Queen Elizabeth would have been privately horrified by this explicit

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commercialization of royal connections. Her entire rain was built on

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the principle that the monarchy must remain above commerce. She

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understood that royal influence should be wielded for charitable purposes,

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not personal profit. The late Queen maintained a strict separation

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between royal duties and money making ventures. Remember how she

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handled the Royal Yacht Britanna controversy. She refused to use

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taxpayer money for a new yacht, despite her fondness for it.

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The idea of directly monetizing her status through affiliate links

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would have been inconceivable to her. Prince William is likely

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viewing this development through the lens of institutional preservation. Unlike

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his father, who seems content to let Meghan and Harry

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chart their own course at arm's length, William recognizes the

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potential long term damage to the monarchy's brand. The King's

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seeming indifference reflects his prioritization of family harmony over institutional purity.

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Having whether decades of public and private turbulence, Charles appears

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to have adopted a live and let live approach to

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the Sussex situation. In the Mayle Eleanor Dyer wonders, Meghan

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Mikel insists she isn't an influencer, so why is she

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using Instagram to flog clothes? DIY cites pr and branding

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expert Haley Knight, who explains the Duchess of Sussex has

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long positioned herself as an advocate, humanitarian and media entrepreneur,

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distancing herself from traditional influencer culture. Yet with this latest move,

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she is embracing a model that is predominantly about monetizing

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and sales. Meghan's new shop directly contradicts her claim that

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she's not an influencer because affiliate marketing is one of

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the most common revenue streams for influencers. Megan is also

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showcasing standard influencer behavior by curating selections of products in

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order to drive sales, so it is not surprising that

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she has received backlash for there being a disconnect between

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her comments and her actions. In March, Megan told people,

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I see myself as an entrepreneur and a female founder,

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and the brand ends up influential, and that's great, Haley said.

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The online shop allows Megan to monetize her brand, but

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it seems to cheapen her overall brand, reducing her status.

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She has put so much emphasis on activism and philanthropy

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that diminishes her to a simple lifestyle influencer. This means

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that her challenge will be maintaining credibility and engagement. If

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she continues to combine being a serious thought leader with

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influencer marketing, her messaging will become unaligned and contradictory, and

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she'll struggle to find her audience. Megan's recent moves re

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launching a new Instagram account, teasing a lifestyle brand, and

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maintaining a media presence through her podcast all represent influencer culture,

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so we can definitely argue that she is moving toward

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establishing herself as such. It seems that this recent move

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is all about driving sales and making money rather than

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an impact, making it her most overtly commercial influencer move yet,

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