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Newsweek
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
All Meghan Markle's Lifestyle Products With As Ever
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Meghan Markle's As Ever online shop has now sold out in minutes on three occasions, leaving fans scrambling to get hold of her products, from jam to rosé wine. The Duchess of Sussex relaunched herself as a lifestyle guru in 2025, with her cooking show With Love, Meghan and its connected online shop. She also has a partnership with Netflix, ensuring demand is high for her assortment of store cupboard favorites and a few of her own unique offerings. Meghan Markle speaks during the TIME100 Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on April 23, 2025. Inset: Her As Ever honey in a photo she posted on Instagram. Meghan Markle speaks during the TIME100 Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on April 23, 2025. Inset: Her As Ever honey in a photo she posted on TIME/As Ever/Meghan, Duchess of Sussex Jam Meghan puts less sugar in her jams than regulations demand, meaning she terms them fruit spreads instead. Among the first on sale was her signature raspberry jam, at $9 a jar, which she had used to promote her new venture by sending it to celebrity friends in March 2024. In a newsletter announcing the release of her first products, she said: "Of course, you'll find the Raspberry Spread that started it all, presented in keepsake packaging that you can repurpose to tuck away love notes or special treasures, and to remember this pivotal moment with me. Think of it as our time capsule." She went on to offer apricot jam for $14 a jar in her second product release along with a limited-edition orange blossom honey for $28 a jar. Tea Lemon ginger tea, peppermint tea and hibiscus tea all sell for $12 for a tin of 12 bags, or $1 per bag. Meghan wrote in her April newsletter: "Every item is inspired by the ways I show care to the people in my life, like the lemon ginger tea blend which is a fuss-free spin on the warm drink I make at home using fresh lemons from the garden." The Republic of Tea is her supplier, and Meghan was accused of marking up her products after it emerged the company charges lower prices for its own similar range. A source told Newsweek that Republic of Teas offerings are not the same as Meghan's and the packaging used by As Ever is also more expensive. Crepe and Cookie Mix Meghan sells crepe mix at 11 servings for $14, and she charges the same for her short bread cookie and flower sprinkles mix. "Crepes remind me of my time backpacking through France as a student," she wrote. "Biting into these streetside thin pancakes—filled with chocolate, fruit, fresh lemon and powdered sugar, or made savory with ham and cheese—they truly are a canvas for flavor. "I wanted to bring that memory and experience to you at home. (Also, they're so easy to make!)" Flower Sprinkles Meghan featured her flower sprinkles on her Netflix show and was mocked for them on social media, but they have sold out along with her other products. Tubs from her online shop include Dried Rose, Calendula and Blue Cornflower Petals and Hibiscus Flowers, and cost $15 for 5g. Wine Meghan's first wine is a Napa Valley rosé and sold at $30 a bottle for a minimum of three with a $20 flat rate for shipping. The team at As Ever are working on debuting a sparkling wine, but Newsweek understands it will not be available until late summer at the earliest. Jack Royston is chief royal correspondent for Newsweek, based in London. You can find him on X, formerly Twitter, at @jack_royston and read his stories on Newsweek's The Royals Facebook page. Do you have a question about King Charles III, William and Kate, Meghan and Harry, or their family that you would like our experienced royal correspondents to answer? Email royals@ We'd love to hear from you.
Daily Record
20-06-2025
- Business
- Daily Record
Meghan Markle announces huge career update ahead of lifestyle brand restock
Meghan Markle has shared an exciting update as she gets set to launch her brand new As Ever products. The Duchess of Sussex's first batch of goods sold out within hours and now she is ready to launch her next load. Earlier this year, the mum of two announced the launch of her online venture and she revealed her first run of items for sale back in April. As part of that, she released a select number of products including Raspberry Spread in Keepsake Packaging, which retailed at $14 (£10) each. Another product Meghan released was Flower Sprinkles which costs $15 (£11) for each pack as well as a Limited Edition Wildflower Honey with Honeycomb, which was a costly $28 (£20). Other items on offer included a Herbal Hibiscus Tea as well as other teas including Lemon Ginger, Peppermint and there was also a Crepe Mix and Shortbread Cookie Mix with Flower Spinkles for sale, costing $14 (£10) each, writes the Mirror. She also retailed a Raspberry Spread at $9 (£6) per 215g. Most of these products are expected to be restocked in this new update today. She is also launching some new lines too, however is yet to reveal exactly what. The duchess shared on her Instagram page that she has been making jams for friends and family for years and wanted to share that love with the rest of the world. She wrote: "For years, I've been making jams, preserves, and fruit spreads for friends and family. The feedback from my loved ones was always the same: 'Starting my day with your jam makes me feel happy'. "These moments inspired me to dream up something far greater than I could create in my kitchen at home. I asked myself, 'What would it take to scale my fruit spreads into something I could share more broadly'?" She added: "Could I adapt my recipe into something that could bring more people that feeling of joy? And what else could I add to this collection to spark a smile, to make your day a bit easier, to elevate your everyday?" Meghan then explained that with "the support of an amazing team, dedicated focus, and hard work", they made it happen. She concluded: "As Ever, for me, is an extension of how I love. Through thoughtful gestures and small details, I hope this collection brings you as much joy as it does for those I hold close." The product launch comes shortly after it was announced that the former actress would be filming a second series of her recent Netflix show With Love Meghan, in which she bakes and cooks from scratch, as well as creates homemade items like candles and bath salts.
Daily Mirror
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Meghan Markle could face 'unlikely rival' as TV star makes huge career change
Penny Lancaster, who is married to rock legend Rod Stewart, recently launched a new career venture - and one journalist believes she could soon rival Meghan Markle Penny Lancaster could reportedly rival Meghan Markle 's lifestyle brand if she chooses to fully commit to a new business endeavour. The former model, who is married to singer Sir Rod Stewart, revealed recently that she has started producing a product initially made for her family, now sharing it with friends as well. A recent article compared the 54-year-old to the Duchess of Sussex, who recently entered the business world with her lifestyle brand, As Ever. Writing in the Mail on Sunday, it was stated that Penny is "giving Meghan's As Ever brand a run for its money" with her line of honey, coinciding with reports that Meghan is trying to make a splash with her Raspberry Spread. While speaking at the Chelsea Flower Show, the Loose Women star mentioned that she had previously been producing the item solely for her family, but is now sharing it with friends. Harriet also disclosed that Penny began her unusual venture with a few beehives at her mansion, reports Glasgow Live. Beyond honey, the Duchess sells various food products on her website, including Herbal Lemon Ginger Tea and a Shortbread Cookie Mix with Flower Sprinklers. Nevertheless, one particular product might signal an emerging rivalry. For $28, customers can sample Meghan's Limited-Edition Wildflower Honey with Honeycomb on the As Ever website, described as being "inspired by Meghan's own appreciation" of the "art of harvesting" at her California home in Montecito. It now seems that Penny Lancaster could challenge Meghan Markle in the world of lifestyle brands if she decides to take her new venture a step further. In the world of celebrity updates, Penny recently took to Instagram to express her immense pride in her husband, a true music icon, as they celebrate an impressive 18 years of marriage. Accompanied by a love heart emoji and a congratulatory banner, Penny couldn't hide her admiration for the 80 year old rock star: "So proud of my man - lifetime achievement award @amas." The photo shows Rod looking dapper in a black suit with a crisp white shirt. The rock sensation has been honoured with the American Music Awards' lifetime achievement award, which was presented by five of his children in a touching moment. Addressing the audience, Rod expressed his surprise and delight: "I'm absolutely flabbergasted. I didn't know they were here - my children." He proceeded to thank his fellow musicians and reminisced about his youthful passion for simply wanting to sing—not for fame or fortune. Rod humbly said: "That's all I wanted to do. I didn't want to be rich or famous. And here I am, a few years later, picking up this wonderful award." Renowned for chart-toppers like 'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? ' and 'Maggie May', the legendary singer has amassed over 120 million album sales globally, with numerous albums reaching the Billboard 200's top spots. Among other headline-grabbers of the evening were Eminem who bagged Favourite Male Hip Hop Artist, and Billie Eilish who triumphed as Artist of the Year.
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Meghan Markle's As Ever reviews have been brutal. Here's what we thought after our jam and tea taste test.
After a royally long wait, I've finally tasted Meghan Markle's jam. The Duchess of Sussex's As Ever product launch sold out in under an hour when it dropped on April 2, but I made it my job — which it is — to get my commoner paws on the Raspberry Spread for a taste test. For good measure, I scooped up her Herbal Hibiscus Tea, Herbal Peppermint Tea and Flower Sprinkles, which — if I learned one thing from With Love, Meghan — can go atop anything. The package was delivered quickly — take that, 'porch pirates' — in an innocuous white box that could have been anything … until you spot the 'Open with care' label in calligraphy font that screams Meghan Sussex. It also has the (allegedly lifted) As Ever logo. Inside the box, there was a note from 'Meghan' — not 'Meg,' as her friends call her — telling me to enjoy, and the products wrapped in the biodegradable packing peanuts and tissue paper that gave her sleepless nights. Price list: Raspberry Spread in Keepsake Packaging, $14 Flower Sprinkles, $15 Hibiscus and Peppermint Tea, $12 each At first look, the 7.6 oz jar of preserves (It's technically not jam. Here's the difference, but we'll call it what we want, having waited a year for it.) seems small, but probably because it sits in the larger 'elegant keepsake packaging,' which is how the tube it comes in is described on the website. Yes, I spent $5 extra for a cardboard container with a ribbon poking up from the top like Alfalfa that's already in my recycling bin. After hearing about the jam for over a year — during which the Montecito, Calif.-inspired lifestyle brand underwent a name change (bye, American Riviera Orchard) — and watching Markle's celebrity friends post about it on Insta-brag, I couldn't wait to dig in with a few of my closest coworkers. We heard it was underwhelming and worse, but we went in with open minds and open taste buds. And yet … we were disappointed as well. The jam has been called 'runny' — the As Ever description says it's supposed to be (it's a 'fluid texture so it can be drizzled, spread, poured') — and that was a complaint in our Yahoo kitchen taste test, but it went beyond that. 'Bad taste, bad texture, bad memory,' said one staffer. The hint of lemon that the jam boasts wasn't a good thing. 'It's acidic,' said someone else. 'Did we get a bad batch?' asked another person. In addition to having crackers and bread for our jam party, we had brie, and some people said they liked it atop the cheese but wouldn't want it alone. The most positive review was someone saying, 'It's fine,' which is not the kind of thing you'd include in As Ever marketing materials: Raspberry Preserves that taste … fine. The flower sprinkles were a withering disappointment too. On Markle's Netflix show, she put them on everything — including kids' peanut butter and jelly sandwiches — so we thought they had to be good. After all, kids are famously picky eaters. 'It's like cardboard soaked in perfume,' said one editor. Another compared it to 'hard grass.' 'It's like I ate potpourri by accident,' said a third person. We had sprinkled the edible flowers on white grocery store cake, and the consensus was: $7 Wegmans cake, good. $15 As Ever sprinkles, bad. For what it's worth, they looked pretty. But what does that mean if they're not palatable? The one thing people didn't complain about was the tea. But it was basic — someone compared it to Tazo — as if it could have been any tea bag dropped into a cup of hot water. While the tea comes in a cute tin, the bags have no branding. The bag string is anchored with a basic white paper tab — like they forgot to print the As Ever logo on it. That was kind of the thing with the entire taste test. When you're ordering from Markle's brand, there's the idea that you're buying into what you think will be a royal experience. Or, at the very least, an A-list experience. You want the products to be regal or special or … simply not taste like cardboard or potpourri. So, after refreshing my computer approximately 576 times to be able to buy these things the moment they went on sale, and being excited to try them and making a moment of it, it didn't feel like I was getting the royal treatment in any way. It felt more like my money was going toward the mortgage payment on Markle and Prince Harry's $14.65 million home. And that was disappointing, as ever.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Meghan Markle's As Ever reviews have been brutal. Here's what we thought after our jam and tea taste test.
After a royally long wait, I've finally tasted Meghan Markle's jam. The Duchess of Sussex's As Ever product launch sold out in under an hour when it dropped on April 2, but I made it my job — which it is — to get my commoner paws on the Raspberry Spread for a taste test. For good measure, I scooped up her Herbal Hibiscus Tea, Herbal Peppermint Tea and Flower Sprinkles, which — if I learned one thing from With Love, Meghan — can go atop anything. The package was delivered quickly — take that, 'porch pirates' — in an innocuous white box that could have been anything … until you spot the 'Open with care' label in calligraphy font that screams Meghan Sussex. It also has the (allegedly lifted) As Ever logo. Inside the box, there was a note from 'Meghan' — not 'Meg,' as her friends call her — telling me to enjoy, and the products wrapped in the biodegradable packing peanuts and tissue paper that gave her sleepless nights. Price list: Raspberry Spread in Keepsake Packaging, $14 Flower Sprinkles, $15 Hibiscus and Peppermint Tea, $12 each At first look, the 7.6 oz jar of preserves (It's technically not jam. Here's the difference, but we'll call it what we want, having waited a year for it.) seems small, but probably because it sits in the larger 'elegant keepsake packaging,' which is how the tube it comes in is described on the website. Yes, I spent $5 extra for a cardboard container with a ribbon poking up from the top like Alfalfa that's already in my recycling bin. After hearing about the jam for over a year — during which the Montecito, Calif.-inspired lifestyle brand underwent a name change (bye, American Riviera Orchard) — and watching Markle's celebrity friends post about it on Insta-brag, I couldn't wait to dig in with a few of my closest coworkers. We heard it was underwhelming and worse, but we went in with open minds and open taste buds. And yet … we were disappointed as well. The jam has been called 'runny' — the As Ever description says it's supposed to be (it's a 'fluid texture so it can be drizzled, spread, poured') — and that was a complaint in our Yahoo kitchen taste test, but it went beyond that. 'Bad taste, bad texture, bad memory,' said one staffer. The hint of lemon that the jam boasts wasn't a good thing. 'It's acidic,' said someone else. 'Did we get a bad batch?' asked another person. In addition to having crackers and bread for our jam party, we had brie, and some people said they liked it atop the cheese but wouldn't want it alone. The most positive review was someone saying, 'It's fine,' which is not the kind of thing you'd include in As Ever marketing materials: Raspberry Preserves that taste … fine. The flower sprinkles were a withering disappointment too. On Markle's Netflix show, she put them on everything — including kids' peanut butter and jelly sandwiches — so we thought they had to be good. After all, kids are famously picky eaters. 'It's like cardboard soaked in perfume,' said one editor. Another compared it to 'hard grass.' 'It's like I ate potpourri by accident,' said a third person. We had sprinkled the edible flowers on white grocery store cake, and the consensus was: $7 Wegmans cake, good. $15 As Ever sprinkles, bad. For what it's worth, they looked pretty. But what does that mean if they're not palatable? The one thing people didn't complain about was the tea. But it was basic — someone compared it to Tazo — as if it could have been any tea bag dropped into a cup of hot water. While the tea comes in a cute tin, the bags have no branding. The bag string is anchored with a basic white paper tab — like they forgot to print the As Ever logo on it. That was kind of the thing with the entire taste test. When you're ordering from Markle's brand, there's the idea that you're buying into what you think will be a royal experience. Or, at the very least, an A-list experience. You want the products to be regal or special or … simply not taste like cardboard or potpourri. So, after refreshing my computer approximately 576 times to be able to buy these things the moment they went on sale, and being excited to try them and making a moment of it, it didn't feel like I was getting the royal treatment in any way. It felt more like my money was going toward the mortgage payment on Markle and Prince Harry's $14.65 million home. And that was disappointing, as ever.
