Meghan Markle was reportedly upset over the initial backlash to her new lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard . She first revealed the project in March this year, hinting at the products she would sell through the brand with a video of herself cooking in her Montecito kitchen and picking roses in her garden , reports the Mirror UK . It was then confirmed the new business would offer homewares and kitchen products , including oils, jams, nut butters, furnishings and home fragrances.
Now, royal expert Tom Quinn says the Duchess of Sussex would have been left “in tears” by how the brand has been perceived so far - particularly the backlash over her jam. “The one fly in the ointment is Meghan’s new internet brand, American Riviera Orchard. Meghan was in tears when the brand launched and her new jam was widely mocked for being expensive and nothing special,” he told the outlet.
“She has reached the point now where she thinks that anything and everything she does will be unfairly criticised,” the royal author explained. “Like her husband, she feels that people are unfairly picking on her - she cannot understand why people don’t admire her work.” He went on to imply she was unprepared for negative feedback once the products are available for purchase later this year as she is “especially sensitive about any criticism of her luxurious lifestyle in the US”.
Before the brand officially goes live, Markle is reportedly planning a series of media interviews with.
