Meghan Markle is said to be "having difficulties finding staff for her new brand", according to a royal expert. Back in March, the Duchess of Sussex soft-launched her new business venture. A new Instagram account emerged on the platform, with American Riviera Orchard unveiled to the world .

At the time of soft-launching her brand, Meghan posted an Instagram story teasing the brand's aesthetic with a short video trailer. She then took to the page and shared the brand's logo across a collage of nine grid posts. But after distributing 50 jars of handmade strawberry jam to a curated list of famous friends, the brand's momentum has appeared to screech to a halt.

And now royal author and expert Tom Quinn has claimed that Meghan is finding it difficult to find staff because she wants them to be "full of their own ideas" while also being "compliant to her wishes". For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US . READ MORE: Meghan Markle would have 'caused a media storm' at Duke of Westminster's wedding Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, Mr Quinn told us: "One of Meghan‘s biggest problems when she lived at Kensington Palace was that she believes that staff should be jump when they’re told to jump – she doesn’t have the ultra-polite old-fashioned English habit of asking staff if they would mind ordering a pizza or ringing for a car or organising a lunch.

" He added: "The result of Meghan’s tough outlook is that she is having diffic.