Meghan Markle is continuing to face criticism for her controversial American Riviera Orchard lifestyle brand!
Just a few weeks after royal biographer Tina Brown slammed the 43-year-old former Suits actress for “having the worst judgement in the world,” another royal author has also weighed in on her businesses. And she doesn’t have very positive things to say, either.
Royal Author Says Meghan Meghan's Lifestyle Brand Is Failing Because She Doesn't Follow Through
After Brown reportedly reduced Meghan Markle to tears with her criticisms, royal biographer Angela Levin has also spoken out about the Duchess of Sussex's lifestyle brand and has likened its success – or lack thereof – to her failed Archetypes podcast, which was canceled by Spotify after just one season.
Levin reportedly told GB News that she thinks the mom-of-two's lifestyle brand is struggling because she is seemingly abandoning it after setting it up, referencing the lack of progress that has been made after the controversial release of her jams and dog biscuits earlier this year.
"She does all sorts of things of organizing early and then she leaves them," Levin told GB News.
The author then went on to talk about the fact that there are "so many things she wants to do," but doesn't seem to follow through, which is why there have been so little updates about the brand over the past few months.
Levin also pointed out some of the setbacks, including the lack of trademark approvals, which is proving to be a huge problem.
"This is this terrible, like American Riviera Orchard, which was actually originally done in April, we've gotten no further," Levin continued, before suggesting that perhaps Meghan soft launched her brand before it was really ready to steal some of the spotlight from Prince William.
Royal Author Thinks Meghan Markle Soft Launched Her Lifestyle Brand Before It Was Ready To Steal Some Of The Spotlight From Prince William
"That coincided with Prince William coming out to do something for the Diana awards. So you put two to two together," Levin speculated.
"It might not have been that," she clarified, adding, "But why on earth would you try and sell something that was nowhere near ready? That you hadn't got the trademarks passed?" She went on to say: "It was sort of ridiculous. You just send 50 out to your friends and then nobody's heard anything more."
Levin concluded: "[I think] we won't hear anything about this 'til the spring because there's so many things she wants to do. So it's sort of getting excited about things, but not actually going through them to the end."
