Are the royal butter knives out for Meghan Markle?
Just days after the Duchess of Sussex teased her lifestyle brand by sending numbered jars of her strawberry jam to fifty of her closest influencers, the official Buckingham Palace store has created an advert for her very own strawberry jam. quite royal.
Last week, Meghan, 42, relied on her A-list friends to share images of the hand-tied American Riviera Orchard jam jars nestled in a bowl of oranges.
Today, in a video shared with its 557,000 Instagram followers, the official Buckingham Palace Shop account released its own version of the sweet jam.
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The official Buckingham Palace store has created an advert for its very own royal strawberry jam.
MEGHAN’S STRAWBERRY JAM
Fashion designer Tracy Robbins posted a photo of Meghan’s jam, which had the American Riviera Orchard logo and “Montecito” underneath.
Set perhaps pointedly to the music of Mozart’s Dissonance Quartet, the reel suggests four very British ways to enjoy the product which, it boasts, is made from only the finest British berries.
And while Meghan’s American Riviera Orchard products will feature a logo that many have noted for its striking similarity to a royal crest, Buckingham Palace’s version is the real deal.
On the side of each $4 pot, which retails at £3.95 and ships internationally, is the royal coat of arms which bears the motto of the Order of the Garter – “Honi be whoever thinks ill.” ”, which means “Shame”. on the one who thinks badly of it.
No pricing has yet been revealed for Markle’s jam, nor is it known whether it will be mass-produced. But brand experts pointed out a similarity between American Riviera Orchard’s aesthetic and that of ultra-exclusive celebrity food brand Flamingo Estates, which sells jars of LeBron James or Julianne Moore honey for $250 piece.
In his post, which could just as easily bear the hashtag #jamwars, the palace gently stirs the pot by suggesting customers enjoy their jam “on a scone as part of a cream tea”. On a crumpette. With a croissant. On toast.
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The subtle sting in the tail of this sweet message does not seem to have been lost on its many viewers. One of the top comments so far reads: “Buckingham Palace over Montecito any day.”
Last week, DailyMail.com revealed that filming had finished on Markel’s latest Netflix project – a home cookery in which she promises to invite viewers into the kitchen. Don’t expect the kitchen to be his own.
Instead, as these exclusive photos from DailyMail.com show, the Duchess of Domesticity has set up her stand on a sprawling property two miles from the Montecito mansion that she and Prince Harry, 39, share with their children Archie, 4 years old, and Lilibet, 2 years old. and their rotating team.
Just days after meticulously numbering one to fifty jars of homemade strawberry jam and sending them to dozens of her closest influencers, filming for Meghan, 42,’s latest adventure began in earnest.
While Meghan’s American Riviera Orchard products will feature a logo that many have noted for its striking similarity to a royal crest, Buckingham Palace’s version is the real deal.
Production trucks and tents lined the driveway of a $5 million property set in eight acres of avocado and lemon groves in a gated community in Montecito for filming “interior and exterior dialogue scenes” .
DailyMail.com can reveal that Meghan is not using her own Montecito mansion, but rather the kitchen of philanthropists Tom and Sherrie Cipolla. Production trucks and tents are visible on the property
The owners have held fundraisers for the center in the same house that Meghan currently plays house in.
Exclusive photos show several SUVs arriving at the property as production began
A filming permit application obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com shows filming taking place in two separate locations.
On Tuesday, Meghan, who recently teased the launch of American Riviera Orchard with blurry images of herself arranging pink flowers and stirring something in a bowl, spent the day surrounded by the flowers of Florabundance, a 10-hour florist minutes drive from Montecito in the coastal town of Carpinteria, California.
Production trucks lined the driveway of a $5 million property set among eight acres of avocado and lemon groves in a gated Montecito community on Wednesday for the filming of “interior and exterior dialogue scenes” , which began Sunday and is expected to continue until late at night. June.
Tom and Sherrie Cipolla lent their home to Meghan for her cooking show. The couple is a fixture on the Bougie Montecito social scene and generous donors to several local good causes.
Security vehicles guarded both entrances to the 4,500-square-foot home.
The property is the home of Tom and Sherrie Cipolla – both fixtures on the Bougie Montecito social scene and generous donors to several local good causes, including the Storyteller Center – a therapeutic preschool for children facing adversity.
They have held fundraisers for the center in the same house that Meghan currently plays house in.
Tom, 75, and his wife Sherrie, 69, parents of two adult children, own a real estate portfolio worth more than $20 million, including two dozen buildings in Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara . The couple also runs a physical therapy practice that had sales of more than $1.3 million last year.
When contacted by DailyMail.com, Sherrie Cipolla declined to comment on the purpose of the film crew currently camped at her home.
The family room and kitchen with its French doors opening to a patio, lawn and mountains, Caesartone countertops and a 48-inch Thermador range are, fittingly, the centerpiece of the Montecito property in which the Duchess of Sussex will perfect his carefully curated image. of domestic goddess.
Here, in the comfort of someone else’s home, she will share “the joys of cooking, gardening, entertaining and friendship” – all while continuing the hearings.
Meghan announced her new business, American Riviera Orchard, with a clip showing the Duchess cooking in a kitchen with copper pans hanging above her head as she whisked.
Last month, DailyMail.com revealed the staggering scope of products Meghan intends to sell as founder of American Riviera Orchard – so named because the coastal enclave of Montecito is known to its wealthy residents as the American Riviera.
Apparently, in a bid to outdo Martha Stewart and Gwyneth Paltrow, Meghan will sell everything from gardening trowels to tea towels, scented candles, makeup, skin care products and pet shampoo.
If you can dream it, chances are Meghan will sell it.
In recent days, Harry and Meghan have embarked on another relaunch, this time closely linked to their upcoming Netflix projects.
Harry is set to bring polo to the masses while his wife looks set to bring cooking to every kitchen except her own.
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