Meghan Markle has teased ways to bring ‘a touch of sweetness’ and ‘chase a spark of joy’ in a new promo for her lifestyle brand as she stays at home in California amid husband Prince Harry’s pseudo royal tour of the UK.
The Duchess of Sussex, 44, sent out a newsletter for As Ever to her subscribers just hours after Harry, 40, visited the late Queen Elizabeth II’s resting place at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle yesterday.
While the Duke of Sussex is reportedly hoping to meet with his father, King Charles III, for the first time in 19 months during the four-day trip to Britain, Meghan has remained in Montecito where her focus is seemingly on business matters.
In the post sent to fans of her As Ever brand, which Meghan describes as a ‘love language’ on the website, the duchess advised readers on how they can add ‘sweetness’ to their lives with items from her online shop.
Alongside a picture of herself baking in a $2,490 (£1,834) white Carolina Herrera dress, which she last wore on Easter, Meghan wrote: ‘Bring a touch of sweetness into your kitchen, whether you’re celebrating the first week of school, cozying into fall routines, or simply chasing a spark of joy.’
She went on to recommend ‘golden Crêpes that fold around berries and cream,’ which can be rustled up using her $14 (£10) crepe mix, and offered as an alternative ‘a swipe of Orange Marmalade’, also available on her As Ever site for $9 (£7).
Meghan continued: ‘Perhaps you’d prefer buttery Shortbread Cookies with just the right crumb and a dash of Flower Sprinkles.
‘No matter your choice, our baking mixes are perfect for happy messes and sweet moments at the table.’
Meghan Markle (pictured) has not accompanied husband Prince Harry on his four-day trip to the UK
She yesterday sent out a newsletter to fans of her lifestyle brand, urging them to bring ‘a touch of sweetness’ into their kitchens with products from As Ever
She recommended various products that are currently available on the As Ever online shop
Indeed, Meghan’s Shortbread Cookie Mix with Flower Sprinkles can be purchased online for $14 (£10).
In August, the Duchess shared a promotional clip on Instagram, revealing that customers could expect a restock of products along with season two of With Love, Meghan airing.
‘At As ever, we keep growing and growing,’ she penned on the social media platform. ‘Your favorites (and more) are back tomorrow as we also celebrate the launch of Season 2 of “With Love, Meghan” on Netflix.
‘August 26th, mark your calendars.’
The message was accompanied by a glossy snap of Prince Harry’s wife, whose face was not visible in the frame, watering some greenery in jeans and a button-up shirt.
During the first episodes of With Love, Meghan, which aired in March, the Duchess’s culinary tips included how to plate up a takeaway and tie a bow around a bag of shop-bought pretzels.
Both seasons were filmed at the same time. A ‘holiday’ special has also been recorded and will be released around Christmastime.
But while Meghan has not accompanied Harry on his trip to the UK, the Duke decided to share a sweet tribute to his wife while away.
Prince Harry will tomorrow return to Nottingham, a city which holds special significance for him and his wife (pictured)
Harry, who arrived in the UK yesterday morning for the start of a four-day visit, will reportedly return to Nottingham – a city which holds special significance for him and Meghan – on Tuesday.
It was in the East Midlands city on December 1, 2017, that crowds waited for hours to glimpse Harry and his then-fiancée just days after they had announced their engagement on November 27.
The couple were there to attend the Terrance Higgins Trust World AIDS Day charity fair at Nottingham Contemporary.
The Duke of Sussex and his wife, who share two children, Prince Archie, six, and Princess Lilibet, four, wed in Windsor the following May, before quitting the Royal Family and relocating to California in 2020.
Although Harry previously ruled out bringing his young family back to the UK, telling the BBC in May that he couldn’t ‘see a world’ in which that would happen, a friend of the Duke gave a different verdict this weekend.
‘He’s not given up hope on bringing his family back to the UK,’ the source told The Sunday Times.
‘He wants to be able to show his children where he grew up. He wants them to know their family here.’
Harry’s solo trip to the UK this week, which includes four days of official engagements, will be his longest since he and his wife visited in 2022 when Queen Elizabeth II died.
Harry, 40, will spend four days in the UK, but it is unclear if he will meet with his father, King Charles
It comes amid claims that he would like to ‘reset’ his tattered relationship with his family.
But Buckingham Palace has remained tight-lipped on whether King Charles will meet his estranged son so far.
It demonstrates the level of sensitivity around the feud between Harry and the Royal Family – exacerbated by his pursuit of His Majesty’s Government through the courts over the withdrawal of his full-time security.
The Duke also deeply offended many by claiming his loss in the case earlier this year was an ‘Establishment stitch-up’ and publicly questioning how long his father had to live.
The pair have not seen each other since February last year, when Harry flew to the UK after it was announced that Charles had cancer.
He was not informed beforehand for fear of leaks and it’s believed the pair met for just 30 minutes.
Charles is currently at Birkhall, his Scottish residence, and will remain there until at least tomorrow, privately marking his mother’s death and his accession to the throne.
The king does have a number of private audiences and meetings this week that could, potentially, bring him back to the capital.
Prince Harry is set to undertake a solo pseudo royal visit to the UK from Monday – with four days of official engagements. Pictured: Harry with his wife at the the Invictus Games in Germany in 2023
Prince William, who has taken a much firmer line on rekindling of relations with his brother, has official engagements elsewhere on every day of Harry’s visit.
On Monday, he was at an engagement in Sunningdale, Berkshire, to commemorate the life of his grandmother on the third anniversary of her death.
On Tuesday he will be in London visiting Spiral Skills, a youth organisation in Lambeth that has received funding from his Homewards campaign to tackle homelessness in six trial areas around the UK.
On Wednesday, William will visit a mental health hub at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium to mark World Suicide Prevention Day.
Meanwhile, on Monday, Harry attended the WellChild Awards in London as a patron of the charity that supports youngsters affected by terminal and serious illness and their families.
He has been its patron for 17 years (remaining so even after stepping down as a working royal) and he will present an award at the event.
On Tuesday, he will visit the Community Recording Studio in Nottingham. His team says he will use the visit to announce a ‘substantial donation’ to charity Children in Need to support its work tackling violence impacting young people.
Harry reportedly has engagements on Wednesday and Thursday with other charities he is involved in, including the Invictus Games and the Diana Award.
Buckingham Palace is remaining tight-lipped on whether King Charles will meet his estranged son (pictured together in September 2022)
A source said: ‘His visit is four days long and focusing purely on the patronages. [He is] keeping it positive, no courtrooms, just doing the stuff he loved to do and, hopefully, helping some of those causes closest to his heart.’
It comes as Harry’s friends repeated his recent assertions in The Sunday Times that he wants to come home more and, one day, ‘bring his family’.
One said: ‘He’s not given up hope. He really would like to come back to the UK much more.’
Another added: ‘He’s made it absolutely clear that he wants a reconciliation with his family. It’s on them now.’
But this has not gone down well with those in royal circles.
One source said: ‘It’s just not that easy to dismiss recent events or try to paper over the damage that has been done. Trust has been lost and will not be easy to recover.’
Earlier this year, Harry also told the BBC that he believed any visit to the UK would come with significant risk of physical harm to himself and his family.
It comes as Harry’s friends repeated his recent assertions in The Sunday Times that he wants to come home more and, one day, ‘bring his family’
Asked how the prince squared his visit this week with these claims, a source close to him said: ‘Live threats against the duke continue to exist and he accepts they always will – an unfortunate inevitability.
‘For obvious reasons, we cannot discuss them in detail.
‘The level of risk the duke is prepared to tolerate personally is very different from what he is willing to accept for his family.
‘Not wanting to expose his children to such threats is something any dad would understand.’
