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Calorogus Shark Media, Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue and
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her host Mark Francis. Meghan Markle's mildly anticipated Confessions of
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a Female Founder podcast with Lemonada Media launches tomorrow. The
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eight part series will feature conversations with female founders and
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friends who will share stories about the ups and downs
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they faced from starting a company to selling it. Megan
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will probably enjoy the breath of fresh air as everyone
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switches from criticizing her cooking show to criticizing her podcast.
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Meghan shared a lighthearted, if slightly awkward moment with her mother,
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Doria Ragland during an interview ahead of the official launch
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of her new lifestyle brand as Ever. As chronicled by
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New York Times food writer Julia Moskin describes Meghan's eye roll.
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Missus Ragland said she still wasn't convinced that she needed
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a hand mixer of her own. She has a kitchen
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aid stand mixer at home and Los Angeles, the Duchess
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rolled her eyes at her mother as daughters do. The
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as Ever brand launch is drawing attention for more than
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just as rapids sell out of artismal fruit spread, flower
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sprinkles and Crape Mix. Questions are now being raised about
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the integrity of the rollout and the company handling it,
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which could potentially overshadow the release of Megan's mildly anticipated
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new podcast. The Daily Mail reports the sales and logistics
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of as Ever were outsourced to snow Commerce, a Cincinnati
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based e commerce firm. Though it boasts an impressive client
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roster including Warner Brothers, HBO, and NBC Universal, it also
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holds a one star rating with a Better Business Bureau,
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the United States long established consumer watchdog. In the fine
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print of the as Ever website, snow Commerce is listed
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as solely responsible for all aspects of your purchase, and,
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according to customer reviews, those aspects may prove problematic. Some
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consumers have accused snow Commerce of charging for products that
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are either out of stock or, in their words, don't
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exist at all. One former customer warned, anything from any
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company that uses this joke of a company another roade,
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they are ridiculously bad, citing unfulfilled orders and radio silence
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from customer service Complaints across Facebook and BBB platforms paint
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a consistent picture of delays and return calls and general dissatisfaction,
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adding to the controversy is speculation around the supposed sellout
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of Megan's debut product line. While the Dutchess proudly announced
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that the brand's shelves were empty and her heart was full,
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insiders in the marketing and retail space suggests the sellout
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may have been a strategic move what one called a
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common marketing ploy. Showing that there is a sellout is
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very common for a new brand to fake demand. One
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industry source told Mail Online. It creates buzzu limits financial risk.
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There's no warehouse full of jam. What they'd likely done
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is pre set a limited number of units, say one
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thousand per product, to test demand. Once those sold out,
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they can use that data to decide how much to
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actually produce. If true, perhaps it's time for a confession
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of a female founder in the Telegraph j which Chesterson
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reminds us the Duchess of Sussex's famously publicity shy, but
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she's managed to get out from under the duvet while
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dodging the massage ranks of online haters to curate a
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shopping page of her favorite things. For someone who has
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previously talked up the sanctity of a right to privacy,
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this latest endeavor looks a bit like she's put her
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entire life up for sale, Chesterson writes, at least she's
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compliant with her advertising regulations. Megan shared the link to
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her collection with her two point six million Instagram followers
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on Monday. The shop my site has, apparently for elite
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creators's a way for them to earn extras of the
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customer buys an item through a link they've shared, with
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handsome commissions of up to thirty percent. I'm sure this
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is exactly the kind of future that late Queen and
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Prince Philip were dreaming about as they watched their grandson
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walk her along the aisle of Saint George's chapel. Is
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Meghan an elite creator? While it's been a mixed bag
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so far, there's probably an actual mixed bag on the
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page if you look hard enough. The Duchess has at
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least a range of new businesses this year, from her
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new Netflix show with Meghan and lifestyle brand the renamed
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as Ever to yet an the new podcast Confessions of
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Female Founder, the fact that the Netflix show has lousy
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ratings although a hit in the Baltic States, and her
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previous podcast for Spotify was canceled is neither here nor there.
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Perhaps the biggest concern for Megan Watches is that she
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has apparently cross promoted some of the items on her
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lifestyle brand with the thirty two on her shop my page,
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leading some critics to accuse her of monetizing the monarchy.
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Celebrity chef Jameson Starks has delivered a sharp critique of
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Meghan Michael's cooking technique, taking particular aim at a moment
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in which the Dungeess of Sussex was filmed using the
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back burners of her stove instead of the front. Honestly,
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I find it hard to understand why she would choose
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the back hob to cook on when the front one
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is available, especially since she's positioned right over the food.
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He told The Daily Express, being closer to the pan
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grants better control compared to reaching over. Stocks, who has
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helmed Michelin starred kitchens and is an ambassador for the
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King's Trust, allowed that one possible reason might be keeping
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the pan out of children's reach, but even then, he said,
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it seems like an odd method of cooking when stood there.
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The clip in question is believed to have been filmed
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in the Duke and duchesses Montecito home rather than the
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rented house scene in her Netflix series, and Stocks didn't
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stop at stove placement. What Meghan demonstrates is quite fundamental,
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and I find it rather dull and unrealistic. Though With
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Love Meghan drew significant viewership, landing in Netflix's global top ten,
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Stocks argued that it failed to show Meghan at her
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most compelling. I genuinely feel that Netflix missed an opportunity here.
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I viewers appreciate seeing Meghan's human side, like a demeanor
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during the Grenfell tragedy, hands on and helping, not in
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a rented house, in the beautiful designer outfit, baking cakes.
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It's just not real life with the cost of living crisis.
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The last time I discussed this topic, I faced a
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significant amount of criticism, but he also received a tremendous
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amount of support and affection. Looking ahead to the newly
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announced second season, Stock said, you'd like to see something
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with her fun and natural side, adding I find it
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hard to watch the current program and it feels quite
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awkward and fake. We hate to tell mister Stocks that
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the second season has already been filmed. Perhaps mister Stocks
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will enjoy Meghan's mildly anticipated new podcast more ballas just
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a Moment Ever, notice how the villains often steal the
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show all This week, Five Daily Trivia Questions celebrates these
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day brings five new questions about the characters that push
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our heroes to their limits and sometimes make us question
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you get your podcasts like this one, Because sometimes it's
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good to be bad. Lady Gabriella Kingston has taken on
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a poignant new role as You Can, continues to navigate
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life following the tragic loss of her husband Thomas Kingston.
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Last year. In a move that further signals the support
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of King Charles and the wider royal family, Lady Gabriella
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has been named patron of Restore the Music, a UK
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charity dedicated to promoting music education among young people. The
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daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Lady Gabriella
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has long held a deep connection to music, both as
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performer and advocate. Speaking about her appointment, she said music
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can do so much to help build confidence, imagination and
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social skills, all of which are I believe essential to learning.
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Reflecting on a recent visit to a school supported by
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the charity, she added, I was dazzled by the student
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performances mud enough on piano, jazz, saxophone, drums and Spanish guitar.
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They transported us to another place, far from a school classroom.
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What a stunning snapshot of talent, teaching and world class
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instruments are funded by Restore the Music. The Royal family
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has quietly rallied around Lady Gabriella in the month since
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her husband's sudden death. Last Christmas, she was invited by
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the Princess of Wales to contribute to the annual together
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at Christmas Carol service at Westminster Abbey. Drawing on her
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background as a singer songwriter, Gabriella helped bring together a
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program that included students from Restore the Music who performed
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outside the abbey. Speaking of music, King Charles played a
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carrot recorder and a musical reception at Buckingham Palace as
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part of a celebration of grassroots music organizations across the UK.
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With a healthy dose of vegetable themed whimsy, the reception
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was held to spotlight the importance of music and building
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community and nurturing the next generation of musical leaders. And
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who better to leave the charge than the London Vegetable Orchestra,
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whose instruments are as organic as their melodies. The King
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gamely joined in performing Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star on a
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carrot recorder especially crafted for the occasion. The Palace, clearly
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unable to resist the opportunity, described the ensembles offering as
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a spartacular pformance of letters Bean by the beat ULLs.
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One imagines the World Press Office has never had so
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much fun. Opera soprano April Koeijo out reported that the
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King was entirely in the spirit of the event, joking
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afterwards that he hoped the carrots would be eaten because
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he wouldn't want any food to go to waste. And
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