April 7, 2025

Time for Confessions of a Female Founder? Integrity of Meghan's New Brand Questioned!

Time for Confessions of a Female Founder? Integrity of Meghan's New Brand Questioned!

The As Ever brand launch is drawing attention for more than just its rapid sell-out of artisanal fruit spread, flower sprinkles, and crepe mix. Questions are now being raised about the integrity of the rollout—and the company handling it, which could...

The As Ever brand launch is drawing attention for more than just its rapid sell-out of artisanal fruit spread, flower sprinkles, and crepe mix. Questions are now being raised about the integrity of the rollout—and the company handling it, which could potentially oevrshadow the release of Meghan’s mildly anticipated new podcast.

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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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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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