Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle were not great friends while serving as senior members of the royal family. What followed next, when the pair both left the royal family and later accused them of numerous things in interviews, the Netflix series and Harry’s book didn’t exactly improve their relationship, which is now reported to be at its lowest point.
Meghan Markle has been accused of once again attempting to take the attention from her former royal colleague.
On Saturday, June 15, just hours before Trooping the Colour, Argentinian polo player Nacho Figuerasa, a close friend of Markle and Prince Harry, revealed the Duchess’s brand’s new raspberry-flavored jam via an Instagram Story.
The announcement’s timing left many royal fans angry and took to social media.
“Try to steal the spotlight from the RF,” one X, formerly known as Twitter, wrote, as per OK! Magazine. “Yet it is still shocking and disgusting.”
A second person added, “Narcissism at its finest,” while a third stated, “No. Meghan can never outshine Princess Kate, not then, now, ever.”
Source claims Meghan Markle had nothing do to with it
Although many people were upset with Meghan Markle for this, a source close to the Duchess informed the Daily Beast that she had nothing to do with it.
The source stated, “While I am sure the gift packages had notes seeking social media coverage, you cannot instruct Nacho Figueras what to do. So I believe the timing of his post was his own initiative.”
“The larger point here is that the American Riviera Orchard campaign has been phenomenally successful and cost Meghan nothing.”
The source added, “It is a textbook social media campaign. The only problem is that there still seems to be nothing actually for sale, so what is it all for? I guess we will find out.”