June 12, 2025
Almost a week after Meghan Markle released her bonus episode for Confessions of a Female Founder podcast with Beyonce’s mom, social media is still up in arms about her business sense.
This has prompted royal commentator Daniela Elser to go as far as to pen a piece for News.com.au.
In it she said, “in short, in 15 months we’ve had more ups and downs and lawyers and jam data and Kris Jenners than even Leo Tolstoy on a dramatic tear could have come up with.”
So even though motivational statements say the opposite the expert added, ARO (American Riviera Orchard) and As Ever’s travails come after 30 months of career turmoil.”
Because in months past big names not only dropped them, but came out calling them ‘f****** grifters’ like Spotify. Other incidents included the couple’s docuseries and shows flopping, namely Heart of Invictus and Polo.
Not to mention charities associated with Prince Harry were slapped with controversies, PR issues and there were even
However, at the same time that is not to say Meghan’s brand As Ever didn’t turn the tides because “no matter Meghan’s track record, the reviews of her raspberry not-jam, including from the UK papers, were positive.”
And the consensus of critics and customers alike was also that ‘it’s good stuff’.
So in the expert’s eyes “Meghan has a winner on her hands even if her flower sprinkles might be the most useless culinary invention since someone came up with the idea of grape scissors.”
But that also begs a question to the expert, one that asks “can or will the Duchess of Sussex segue out of the mayhem era and transform herself into a fighting fit CEO atop a successful lifestyle empire?”
Because its true that “the breakfast tables of America need her even if the royal family didn’t seem to. A comeuppance might never be so sweet,” she even added before concluding.